opera
Example Sentences
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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
"I don't want to be working in ballet, or opera, or things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though like no one cares about this anymore,'" Chalamet said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Guilt is pervasive in the opera, Saariaho’s last before her death in 2023, yet it is called “Innocence,” a reflection of its deep humanity, and the idea that tragedy can also encompass survival and forgiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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
The opera was Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, The Force of Destiny, but it clearly wasn’t destiny that had hurled these two together; it was a very deliberate hand.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing opera
Music - Introductory
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Music - Middle School
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Theater - Introductory
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