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- DictionaryZar·zue·la/zärˈzwālə/
noun
- 1. a Spanish traditional form of musical comedy.
- 2. a Spanish dish of various kinds of seafood cooked in a rich sauce.
noun
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of a royal hunting lodge, the Palace of Zarzuela, near Madrid, where that type of entertainment was allegedly first presented to the court. The palace in... Wikipedia