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singspiel

sing·spiel [ síng spl, zíng shpl ] (plural sing·spiels) or Sing·spiel [ síng spl, zíng shpl ] (plural Sing·spiels)


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old German comic opera: an 18th-century German comic opera in which folk songs, or arias written mainly in a simple popular style, are interspersed with spoken dialogue

[Late 19th century. < German, "singing play"]
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