Meaning
A play in a theatre where the actors sing all or most of the words, with music from an orchestra.
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Word origin
From Italian opera, a work, from Latin opus. An opera was a musical work for the stage.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- opus
- English cognates
- operate, operation
Grammar
Examples
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.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 30, lesson 7: opera, objection, whisky and 7 more words.