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Opera

/ˈɒp.əɹ.ə/

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

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noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The score for such a work.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    A company dedicated to performing such works.

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opera housenounA theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera.

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opera housenounA theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera.
musicalnounOf, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
symphonynounAn extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
operaticOf, related to, or typical of opera.
troupenounA company of, often touring, actors, singers or dancers.
theaternoun(countable) A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
theatrenoun(Canada, South Asia, rarely Australia, New Zealand) A cinema; movie theatre.
theatricalnounOf or relating to the theatre.
dramanoun(uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
scenenounThe location of an event that attracts attention.
movienoun(chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
shownoun(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
performancenounThe act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
seriesnounA number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
opernoun(Internet) A network operator on IRC.
worknoun(uncountable) Employment.
playnoun(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
worksnoun(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
metnoun(US) The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
homosexualitynounThe state of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.

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