Opera

Word OPERA
Character 5
Hyphenation op er a
Pronunciations /ˈɒp.əɹ.ə/

Definitions and meanings of "Opera"

What do we mean by opera?

A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.

The score for such a work.

A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.

A company dedicated to performing such works.

(by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Opera

The word "opera" in example sentences

A _comic opera_ is a humorous opera, the plot providing many amusing situations and the whole ending happily. ❋ Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1928)

I know it's disgraceful, but I go to sleep at the opera, and I sit out the _opera bouffé_ to the last minute, and enjoy it. ❋ Leo Tolstoy (1869)

The _thèâtre des arts_ or grand French opera, the _opera buffa_ or ❋ Francis W. Blagdon (1798)

= Pe´richole = (_La_), the heroine of Offenbach’s comic opera (_opera bouffe_) of that name. ❋ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1853)

Another important thing in opera is its cache u can get most of the videos in the webpages from cache without using any kind of software e.g. youtube, dailymotion — ❋ Unknown (2008)

The balance between fairy tale and ritual in this opera is always a crapshoot and, although audiences love fanciful animals and flying spirits, Mozart's Masonic message tipped that balance here. ❋ Joan Reinthaler (2010)

I m not basically loyal to it. my opera is my secondary update and the other 2 is explorer and safari ❋ Unknown (2009)

You all but convince that this opera is a genuine music-drama; something most Italian opera is not noted for being. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

I think the biggest disservice to this opera is the way it has been marketed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Italians, who followed classic models, for a reason amply explained by the genesis of the art-form, rigorously excluded comedy from serious operas, except as intermezzi, until they hit upon a third classification, which they called opera semiseria, in which a serious subject was enlivened with comic episodes. ❋ Kerst, Friedrich (1905)

From the tomb to the opera is a very abrupt transition; nevertheless, both have a share in this story. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

Maybe the fact that excellence still has a place in opera is why I’ve come to appreciate it more as I’ve become older and more and more of a curmudgeon. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Newer: trying to keep him away okay, yeah, now I remember okay, yeah, now I remember that blogging in opera is a dismal experience. (ev, if you’re out there … why is this so?!) ❋ Unknown (2001)

Space and space opera is a tough sell, so something like Old Man's War (Scalzi) is a safe bet, especially if the reader likes military fiction or likes the marine ideas from films like Aliens or Starship Troopers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We live in a world where American Idol far outdraws opera, yet opera is far more demanding and technically superior. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Louise Bryant, Six Red Months in Russia (1918) (ellipses in original) — because singing opera is so lowbrow. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

Concert opera is always a touch surreal — hey, all those Meistersinger are in James Bond tuxedos! — but Morris and Botha had the inspired idea to put their on-stage drinking water in old-fashioned beer steins. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

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