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poperetta en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of pop + operetta.

Meanings

1. A light popera with a frivolous story.
   • That was the era of the lushly scored costume poperetta (“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Miss Saigon,” “Les Misérables”), staged like Cecil B. DeMille epics and usually overseen by the Mike Todd-ish producer Cameron Mackintosh. 2009 July 8, Ben Brantley, “London’s Musicals: Intimate or Outsize”, in New York Times:

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