opening night

noun

the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.

Also called first night.

Origin:
1805–15

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opening night
noun
the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening]

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Opening night is always a great word to know.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Example sentences

It usually means trouble when an opera suffers multiple singer defections

before opening night.

The collection even includes the opening night telegrams he received.

Yet gunfire erupted in some movie houses on opening night.

If you're lucky, you'll be in town for the opening night of a musical flick.

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