opera

Definitions

1. A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
   countable, uncountable
2. The score for such a work.
   countable, uncountable
3. The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
   countable, uncountable
4. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
   countable, uncountable
5. A company dedicated to performing such works.
   countable, uncountable
6. Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

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Examples

““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—!"”

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