Opera - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: operaManu opera
Manu opera, stolen goods taken from a thief caught in the act. Manuopera, cattle or any implements used in husbandry, Dugd. Mon., tom. 1, p. 977....
Operatic
Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas characteristic of suitable for or resembling the opera as an operatic voice...
Polemoscope
An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye called also diagonal opera glass or side opera glass...
Bouffe
Comic opera See Opera Bouffe...
Gilbert
William Schwenk Gilbert an English dramatist born at London Nov 18 1836 He is most famous for his collaborations with Sir Arthur Sullivan on a number of humorous light operas which are known as ldquoGilbert and Sullivan Operasrdquo His first play was ldquoDulcamarardquo 1866 He also wrote ldquoThe Palace of Truthrdquo 1870 ldquoPygmalion and Galateardquo 1871 ldquoSweetheartsrdquo 1874 ldquoEngagedrdquo 1877 ldquoThe Mountebanksrdquo 1891 and in collaboration with Sir A Sullivan who wrote the music he wrote ldquoThe Sorcererrdquo 1877 ldquoH M S Pinaforerdquo 1878 ldquoThe Pirates of Penzancerdquo 1879 ldquoPatiencerdquo 1881 ldquoIolantherdquo 1883 ldquoThe Mikadordquo 1885 ldquoRuddygorerdquo 1887 ldquoThe Yeomen of the Guardrdquo 1888 ldquoThe Gondoliersrdquo 1889 and ldquoUtopia limitedrdquo 1893 The light operas proved very popular and continue to be performed over one hundred years later He also published other works...
Binocle
A dioptric telescope fitted with two tubes joining so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once a double barreled field glass or an opera glass...
Buffa
The comic actress in an opera...
buffo
The comic actor in an opera...
Figurant
One who dances at the opera not singly but in groups or figures an accessory character on the stage who figures in its scenes but has nothing to say hence one who figures in any scene without taking a prominent part...
Gilbert and Sullivan
William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan who collaborated on a number of light operas See Gilbert...
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