songspiel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An operatic musical drama in which spoken dialogue is interspersed with song.

Word forms

songspiel songspiels

Etymology

From German Songspiel, from Singspiel. First used by Kurt Weill in the title Mahagonny, ein Songspiel.

Related words

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