Synonyms for opera
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : op-er-uh, op-ruh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ər ə, ˈɒp rə |
Définition of opera
Origin :- "a drama sung" [Klein], 1640s, from Italian opera, literally "a work, labor, composition," from Latin opera "work, effort" (Latin plural regarded as feminine singular), secondary (abstract) noun from operari "to work," from opus (genitive operis) "a work" (see opus). Defined in "Elson's Music Dictionary" as, "a form of musical composition evolved shortly before 1600, by some enthusiastic Florentine amateurs who sought to bring back the Greek plays to the modern stage."
- No good opera plot can be sensible. ... People do not sing when they are feeling sensible. [W.H. Auden, 1961]
- As a branch of dramatic art, it is attested from 1759. First record of opera glass "small binoculars for use at the theater" is from 1738. Soap opera is first recorded 1939, as a disparaging reference to daytime radio dramas sponsored by soap manufacturers.
- noun great work of writing or music
- It was the night you and the folks went to the opera with the Oldakers.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- (§ 11), likens Plautine drama to "an opera of the early schools."
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- I gained nothing; the Opera gives me my best chance to see and be seen.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Sing by all means; but, if you must have immediate results, not in opera.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- In any case, it was evident that Italian opera was a precarious enterprise.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- The opera was announced for June 11, but Faustina declared herself indisposed.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- The subscribers to the opera would see little in it that was incongruous.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- Opera at both houses had been killed, mainly by the folly of party strife.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- Whichever it was, that was all that I was fated to see or hear of the Opera.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- He added, with waving of his antennae eyebrows: "It was Helen's first opera."
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
Antonyms for opera
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