: opera of a humorous character with a happy ending and usually some spoken dialogue
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Rather, inflation had arisen from supply chain foul-ups caused by the Covid epidemic, an act of God rendered worse by comic-opera mismanagement under President Donald Trump.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
The late justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ideological opposites, famously bonded over their love for opera — a friendship that inspired a comic opera in 2015.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
And it can be presented as a kind of comic-opera affair.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Rather, inflation had arisen from supply chain foul-ups caused by the Covid epidemic, an act of God rendered worse by comic-opera mismanagement under President Donald Trump.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
Noun
The novel and the musical both have roots in popular 19th-century entertainment—vaudevilles, comic operas, and newspaper serials.
—Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
The late justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ideological opposites, famously bonded over their love for opera — a friendship that inspired a comic opera in 2015.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Comic-opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comic-opera. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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