BURLETTA
A usually entirely comic musical opera popular in England in the latter half of the 18th century.
Origin: Italian, meaning "little joke".
Examples of burlettas:
Midas by Kane O'Hara 1760
Orpheus by Francois-Hyppolyte Barthelemon 1767
The Recruiting Sarjeant by Charles Dibdin 1770
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