A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject(noun)
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Use "zarzuela" in a sentence
"Spanish drama is popular, as well as the delightful Spanish "zarzuela" or musical comedy."
"They’ve been providing us with a wonderfully authentic and historically accurate opera form known as zarzuela since 2006."
"De Falla's opera represents an ambitious and technically brilliant development and elaboration of the traditional style of flamenco story-telling called "zarzuela"."