opera
Example Sentences
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Deluxe-theater owners had modeled their palaces after opera houses and temples, complete with velvet drapes, gilt ceilings and live orchestras.
Still, bickering over a voided hockey season arguably makes for a healthier relationship than whatever is going on in the soap opera otherwise known as Norwegian biathlon.
But only a short walk away, at the world’s most storied opera house, all that fanfare fades into Wagnerian gloom.
Sandra Delpierre's fingers linger on a long blue and white fur coat and graze a pair of angel wings as she winds past thousands of colourful costumes used in opera performances.
From Barron's
Mr. Jackson’s most remarkable achievement is how well the opera hangs together, even though none of the composers saw one another’s work during the writing process.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
