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opera

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


NOUN
opera house
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We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Ms. Waleson writes on opera for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

By the age of four, Hayden was in US TV show One Life to Live, then at eight joined another soap opera, Guiding Light.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

He followed Salonen’s lead in creating new work with director Peter Sellars, and added opera director Yuval Sharon and film director Alberto Arvelo to his list of regulars.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“Wow, I didn’t go to the opera until I was forty-five years old,” Minna said.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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