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The 14 pages that link to Opéra-comique, each with the reason it gives.

• CarmenNarrower topic: Carmen’s spoken dialogue places it in this tradition despite its tragic ending.

• Grand operaCompared with: Its spoken dialogue and generally lighter conventions contrast with grand opera’s continuous musical scale.

• French operaBroader topic: Its spoken dialogue distinguished it from sung-through French opera and enabled varied dramatic subjects.

• Georges BizetRelated: Carmen premiered at this theatre, where its spoken dialogue initially challenged audience expectations.

• Jacques OffenbachRelated: Its conventions and audiences formed part of the theatrical world Offenbach transformed.

• Ludovic HalévyRelated: Carmen premiered there, linking Halévy’s writing to a major national opera stage.

• Fromental HalévyCompared with: Halévy also composed for this tradition, unlike the continuous music of grand opera.

• Henri MeilhacNarrower topic: Carmen emerged from this tradition, though its tragic ending challenged expectations.

• Eugène ScribeRelated: Scribe wrote librettos for this genre, including works that became central to its repertory.

• Charles GounodRelated: Gounod wrote works for this tradition, including Mireille.

• Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesRelated: Saint-Georges composed stage works for the Parisian theaters that cultivated this genre.

• François-André Danican PhilidorNarrower topic: Philidor became a prominent composer within this genre and helped shape its 18th-century repertoire.

• Luigi CherubiniNarrower topic: Its theatrical conventions formed a major part of the Paris operatic world Cherubini entered.

• Victor-Joseph Étienne de JouyRelated: Its conventions shaped the theatrical environment in which French librettists worked.