Meanings of little operas in English

Soon more ambitious attempts at composition were made, the aim being to write little operas.

I don't usually have an audience for my little operas, you know. A tufted eyebrow suddenly arched in surprise.

In 1798 he made his way back to Paris, and there his reunited family gave little operas, sung by his wife and daughters.

Many of these old-world little operas, whose very names had been forgotten, were received most cordially, some of them-Paisiello's'Scuffiara raggiratrice,' for instance-withgenuine enthusiasm.