opera
Meaning
- A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
- The score for such a work.
- The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
- A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
- A company dedicated to performing such works.
- Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
New
opus
- A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
- A work, especially of art.
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