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opera
1[ op-er-uh, op-ruh ]
noun
- an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet. Compare comic opera, grand opera.
- the form or branch of musical and dramatic art represented by such compositions.
- the score or the words of such a composition.
- a performance of one:
to go to the opera.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) an opera house or resident company:
the Paris Opera.
opera
2[ oh-per-uh, op-er-uh ]
noun
- a plural of opus.
opera
2/ ˈɒpərə; ˈɒprə /
noun
- an extended dramatic work in which music constitutes a dominating feature, either consisting of separate recitatives, arias, and choruses, or having a continuous musical structure
- the branch of music or drama represented by such works
- the score, libretto, etc, of an opera
- a theatre where opera is performed
opera
- A musical drama that is totally or mostly sung. , and are some celebrated operas. A light, comic opera is often called an operetta .
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Origin of opera1
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Example Sentences
It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.
One of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.
One beginning that amused him takes place at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
In June, the executive offices of the Metropolitan Opera were broken into and graffitied with obscene messages.
The Metropolitan Opera is the old-school Cadillac of arts institutions.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.
At the present time he was trombone in the “Tournée Gulland,” a touring opera company.
That you did not steal from her house by a secret passage, on the night of the destruction of the opera-house?
Certain evenings during the week she and her husband attended the opera or sometimes the play.
Fecit dextera Di virtutem: non est mortuus, sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera Di.
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