Ballad and Opera

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Ballad noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.

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Opera and ballad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opera" instead a noun "Ballad".

Nearby Words: balladry, ballade

Opera noun - A commercial browser.

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Ballad and opera are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ballad" instead a noun "Opera".

Nearby Word: operatic

In Home Movies, garage band SCAB does a rock opera based on Franz Kafka, with specific focus on his novella The Metamorphosis including the ballad "Living Like A Bug Ain't Easy".

Source: Rock Opera
They have also recorded a reworking of The Threepenny Opera, and covered several of the murder ballad standards listed here.

Source: Murder Ballad
Similarly, it seems strange how "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" (from said opera) transformed from an eerie depiction of a serial killer/rapist/arsonist/thief to a happy-go-lucky jazz standard.

Source: Misaimed Fandom / Theatre

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