opera
A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
Noun entertainment, lifestyle
- 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.
- “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...
- A company dedicated to performing such works.
- Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
Origin
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
Forms
Related
operable operand operant operate operatic operation operational operatist operative operatize operator opus aria ballet masque melodrama musical comedy oratorio recitative singspiel
Derived
antiopera ballad opera Beijing opera Cantonese opera chamber opera Chinese opera comic opera fairy opera grand opera hip hopera horse opera hoss opera light opera lyric opera nonopera oat opera oil opera opera bouffe opera buffa opera cake opera cloak opéra comique operafication operafy
Noun form of, plural
- plural of opus; a collection of work.
Origin
From Latin opera, plural of opus.