Definitions for burletta

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burletta bur·let·ta

Spelling: [ber-let-uh]

IPA: /bərˈlɛt ə/

Burletta is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in burletta (abelrttu).

Definitions for burletta

noun

1. (in the 18th and 19th centuries) a musical drama containing rhymed lyrics and resembling comic opera or a comic play containing songs.

Origin of burletta

1740-50; Italian, equivalent to burl(a) jest (see burlesque) + -etta -ette

Examples for burletta

It may be regarded as a species of prototype of the burletta or ballad opera of later days.

Every body liked the burletta, but none were pleased with the music—which has induced me to reset it.

We move ourselves—they are moved by wires; but we do just the same things—we are life and we are art, in the burletta we are both.