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opera

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


NOUN
opera house
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She said the WNO felt "very owned by the nation, in a way that opera doesn't, and feels much more remote, in England".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Alex Beard told The Times that Chalamet's statement earlier this year pronouncing that "no-one cares" about ballet or opera anymore had produced a "fantastic" public reaction.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Ortiz’s first job out of school was working on Venezuelan-born theater director and filmmaker Moisés Kaufman’s 2010 production of Xavier Montsalvatge’s Spanish-language opera, “El gato con botas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Reviewing Simon Stone’s original production—which is being presented at the Met—our critic called the opera “devastating,” saying that it “uses all the powers of the form to examine an all-too-contemporary subject.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

She has changed the radio station, and a Wagner opera now fills the flat.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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