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opera

[op-er-uh, op-ruh] / ˈɒp ər ə, ˈɒp rə /


NOUN
opera house
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The orchestra’s vast ambition reaches into — and often reinvents — music education, pop music, film music, Latino culture, visual arts, theater, architecture, classical music, opera and avant-garde new music.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

He helped found the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and won a Grammy Award in 2010 for best opera recording for Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd with the London Symphony Orchestra.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"Musk was creating noise around this lawsuit but ultimately it was more of a soap opera than a long-term negative for OpenAI," he added.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The opera opens in the real world, as drably attired villagers assemble marigold- and candle-festooned Day of the Dead altars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

I tried to remember what soap opera heroines said to their lovers, but I couldn’t compare this boy in shorts and knee socks to the manly Ricardos and Armandos.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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