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Definition of Opera

1. Noun. A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes.

2. Noun. A commercial browser.

3. Noun. A building where musical dramas are performed.

Definition of Opera

1. n. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

Definition of Opera

1. Noun. (music) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance. ¹

2. Noun. (music) The score for such a work. ¹

3. Noun. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house. ¹

4. Noun. A company dedicated to performing such works. ¹

5. Noun. (context: by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera. ¹

6. Noun. A collection of work (plural of opus). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Opera

1. a form of musical drama [n -S]

Medical Definition of Opera

1. 1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc, with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama. 2. The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music. 3. The house where operas are exhibited. Opera bouffe [F. Opera opera + bouffe comic, It.buffo], Opera buffa [It], light, farcical, burlesque opera. Opera box, a partially inclosed portion of the auditorium of an opera house for the use of a small private party. Opera comique [F], comic or humorous opera. Opera flannel, a light flannel, highly finished. Opera girl, an East Indian plant (Mantisia saltatoria) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name. Called also dancing girls. Opera glass, a short telescope with concave eye lenses of low power, usually made double, that is, with a tube and set of glasses for each eye; a lorgnette; so called because adapted for use at the opera, theater, etc. Opera hat, a gentleman's folding hat. Opera house, specifically, a theater devoted to the performance of operas. Opera seria [It], serious or tragic opera; grand opera. Origin: It, fr. Opera work, composition, opposed to an improvisation, fr. L. Opera pains work, fr. Opus, operis, work, labour: cf. F. Opera. See Operate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opera

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Literary usage of Opera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1917)
"THE opera IN NEW ORLEANS A Historical Sketch from the Earliest Days Through Season 1914-15. By HARRY BRUNSWICK LOEB, Music Critic, New Orleans Item. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"Clash between money and music In the popularization of opera. Cur. Opinion. 55: 415. ... opera as an expression of our barbaric extravagance. Cur. Opinion. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"From the time of Meyerbeer onwards, trivial and vulgar opera has been as common in France as elsewhere; but there is a world of difference between, ..."

4. The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"During the next five years there were many repetitions of the opera in its adapted form. ... Then came an epoch of Italian opera, with such leaders as ..."

5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"Two things have recalled to us this little speculation of ours last year—the Report of the Directors, and the building of the new opera House—to •which ..."

6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Music and opera MUSIC AND opera OF 1962-63 (1902) Oct. I. The Hamburg State ... A concert performance of an Italian version of Donizetti's opera fille du ..."

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