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Noun: operetta  ,ó-pu're-tu
  1. A short amusing opera
    "Gilbert and Sullivan were famous for their comic operettas";
    - light opera

Derived forms: operettas

Type of: bouffe, comic opera, opéra bouffe, opera buffa, opera comique

Encyclopedia: Operetta