Opera vs Chaqu - What's the difference?
opera | chaqu |
(lb) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
(lb) The score for such a work.
A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera , the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
A company dedicated to performing such works.
(lb) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
A collection of work (plural of opus).
A form of Chinese opera.
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 1, Andrew Jacobs, Dusting Off a Serene Jewel Box, New York Times
, passage=The pavilion's tour de force is the private theater, which provided the emperor with a cozy perch to view chaqu , a form of opera invented by a commoner that became all the rage in 18th-century Beijing. }}
(film) An inserted musical sequence in a Chinese movie.
* {{quote-book, 2001, Corey K. Creemur, chapter=Picturizing American Cinema, Soundtrack Available
, passage=Teo clarifies that chaqu were eventually differentiated from "full-fledged" musicals
As a noun chaqu is
a form of chinese opera.opera
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(wikipedia opera)Noun
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* comic opera * grand opera * horse opera * oat opera * opera bouffe * opera comique * opera buffa * opera hat * opera house * opera seria * opera singer * opera slipper * soap opera * space operaSee also
* aria * ballet * masque * melodrama * musical comedy * recitative * singspiel *Anagrams
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