opera
nounUK /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ · CA, US /ˈɑp.ə.ɹə/
Etymology Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The score for such a work.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
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A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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A company dedicated to performing such works.
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Broadly Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
- Derived terms
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