opera in English: A play in a theatre where the actors sing all or most of the words, with music from an orchestra. (noun)

Translation

A play in a theatre where the actors sing all or most of the words, with music from an orchestra.

Word origin

From Italian opera, a work, from Latin opus. An opera was a musical work for the stage.

Gender

Pluraloperas

Vienna.

"The opera" can mean the building as well as the show.

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Here "opera" is the kind of music itself.

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A "soap opera" is a television drama that never ends, named as a joke after real opera.

music

Pleasant sounds made by singing or by playing instruments.

sing

To make music with your voice.

singer

A person who sings, often as a job.

theatre

A building where people watch plays on a stage; also acting and plays as an art.

song

A short piece of music with words that people sing.

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