opera
ARTFORM COMBINING SUNG TEXT AND MUSICAL SCORE IN A THEATRICAL SETTING
Operas; Operatic; Opera singers; Operatics; Baroque opera; The Opera; Opera singer; Opera company; Opera (Music); Operatic scene; Opera music; Western opera; Opera in Baroque era
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¦ noun a dramatic work in one or more acts that is set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
?an opera house.
Origin
C17: from Ital., from L., lit. 'labour, work'.
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