opera
IPA: ˈɑprʌ
noun
- (music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
- (music) 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.
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Examples of "opera" in Sentences
- I love the Phantom of the Opera
- Phantom of the Opera is the main one.
- Chiaroscuro is commonly used in Opera.
- The opera ends with general rejoicing.
- The duration of the opera is 80 minutes.
- The subject of the opera is the oprichniks.
- The opera tells the story of the prejudice.
- Joseph was devoted to the Church and the opera.
- The background to the opera is the myth of Oedipus.
- Twice every season there is a special matinee performance of the opera school.
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