opera
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opera opus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opera1
▶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’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opera2
plural form of opus.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opus /ˈəʊpəs, ˈɒp-/
▶noun (pl. opuses or opera /ˈɒp(ə)rə/)
- 1 Music a separate composition or set of compositions.
- 2 an artistic work, especially one on a large scale.
– origin C18: from L., lit. ‘work’.
'opera' also found in these Oxford entries:
act
- aria
- arioso
- benedicite
- buffo
- chorus
- comic opera
- concert performance
- crush bar
- entr'acte
- friend
- grand opera
- grotesque
- Heldentenor
- horse opera
- intendant
- intermezzo
- inure
- lady
- libretto
- lorgnette
- magnum opus
- music drama
- music theatre
- opéra bouffe
- opera buffa
- opera cloak
- opéra comique
- opera glasses
- opera hat
- opera house
- opera seria
- operatic
- opera window
- operetta
- opus
- prelude
- prima donna
- recitative
- répétiteur
- scena
- scene
- sinfonia
- Singspiel
- soap
- soap opera
- space opera
- sudser
