opera

Plural: operas, opere

Noun

• A dramatic musical work with all or most of the text sung.
• a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
• a commercial browser
• a building where musical dramas are performed
• A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
• The score for such a work.
• The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
• A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
• A company dedicated to performing such works.
• Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
• plural of opus; a collection of work.

Examples

• Playing OPERA on a double word score was a dramatic and high-scoring move.

Synonyms

opera house

Related Words

aria, ballet, masque, melodrama, musical comedy, operable, operand, operant, operate, operatic, operation, operational, operatist, operative, operatize, operator, opus, oratorio, recitative, singspiel