opera
Example Sentences
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This may have become the hottest ticket in town thanks to star singers, but what made it work is the direction by Yuval Sharon, the operatic magician who created L.A.’s experimental opera company, the Industry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
He masterminded “Hopscotch,” the opera presented throughout downtown L.A. and environs, with the audience riding in limousines.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Some families developed close ties with political figures Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown Jr., all of whom, like the museum and opera, increasingly leaned on private donors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
No soap opera can beat the Bible when it comes to mess.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 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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