It's the Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera where an old major general sings his "modern" song
These require an... [DOC] [TLE] Musical Theatre - Quia [PAR] Comic operas; Operettas; Burlesque; Revues which have their roots in ... but 
Moliere turned several of his plays into comedies with songs when the court of 
Louis ... From its birth in the 1800s, the musical has often spoofed opera, but it 
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