Opera

['ɒp(ə)rə] or ['ɑprə]

Definition

(noun.) a building where musical dramas are performed.

(noun.) a commercial browser.

(noun.) a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes.

Typist: Ollie--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.

(n.) The house where operas are exhibited.

(pl. ) of Opus

Editor: Pasquale

Definition

n. a musical drama: a place where operas are performed.—adj. used in or for an opera as an opera-glass &c.—ns. Op′era-cloak a cloak of elegant form and material for carrying into the auditorium of a theatre or opera-house as a protection against draughts; Op′era-danc′er one who dances in ballets introduced into operas; Op′era-glass a small glass or telescope for use at operas theatres &c.; Op′era-hat a hat which can be made flat by compression and expanded again to its full size; Op′era-house a theatre where operas are represented; Op′era-sing′er.—adjs. Operat′ic -al pertaining to or resembling the opera.

Editor: Moll

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of attending an opera, denotes that you will be entertained by congenial friends, and find that your immediate affairs will be favorable.

Typed by Geoffrey

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A play representing life in another world whose inhabitants have no speech but song no motions but gestures and no postures but attitudes. All acting is simulation and the word simulation is from simia an ape; but in opera the actor takes for his model Simia audibilis (or Pithecanthropos stentor)—the ape that howls.

Checker: Willa

Unserious Contents or Definition

A drama that has taken on airs and refuses to speak, yet always sings its own praises. GRAND OPERA,An excuse for displaying several boxes of jewelry and peaches with pedigrees."

Edited by Georgina

Examples

Typist: Rosa

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