operatic
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Playing out on an operatic scale, and featuring a revelatory posthumous performance from Heath Ledger as the Joker, the film grossed over a billion dollars worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Bocelli would return to Mar-a-Lago for an early-2024 “charity” event, however, and Trump would keep playing his operatic renditions at his campaign stops.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
As a proto-Broadway musical operatic genre of spoken word and musical numbers, it appeals on all levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
"It's always captivated me, the drama, the operatic scale of these huge World Cup tournaments," says Graham, who previously wrote Sherwood and Quiz.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Its vocal ranges were operatic, its naturalistic acting style more like that of a play, its structure of spoken plot-carrying scenes interspersed with verse-chorus- designed songs akin to those in musicals.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
