songspiel

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Noun

[edit]

songspiel (plural songspiels)

  1. An operatic musical drama in which spoken dialogue is interspersed with song.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=songspiel&oldid=52839711"