Meanings
nounpoperetta (plural poperettas)
plural poperettas
- A light popera with a frivolous story.
That was the era of the lushly scored costume poperetta (“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Miss Saigon,” “Les Misérables”), staged like Cecil B. DeMille epics and usually overseen by the Mike Todd-ish producer Cameron Mackintosh.
2009 July 8, Ben Brantley, “London’s Musicals: Intimate or Outsize”, in New York Times
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poperetta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poperetta
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“poperetta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poperetta. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poperetta,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poperetta.
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