#opera  a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
  supertype:  classical_music__classicalmusic__serious_music__seriousmusic  traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
  part:  supertitle  act.dramatic_composition  aria.song
  subtype:  comic_opera__opera_bouffe__operabouffe__opera_comique__operacomique  opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
     subtype:  operetta__light_opera__lightopera  a short amusing opera
  subtype:  grand_opera__grandopera  opera in which all the text is sung
  subtype:  musical_drama__musicaldrama  opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action

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