opening night

noun

: the evening when something (such as a play or concert) is performed in front of an audience for the first time

I have tickets for opening night.

Examples of opening night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The opening night of Lollapalooza proved too hot to handle for some as audience members reportedly passed out from the heat during Lorde‘s headlining set. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 July 2026

Elle Fanning flashes an over the shoulder smirk at the opening night of Cat Cohen’s Broad Strokes on July 27 in New York City. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

A couple that took Atlanta theater to heart and connected with scores of performing artists, Alan and Susan Stiefel were as much a part of an opening night as the jitters and last-minute tweaks. — Jim Farmer, AJC.com, 29 July 2026

On July 25, Scapin’s opening night at North Coast Rep won the audience right from the start, with Paul Slade Smith’s Scapin a comedic knockout, and everyone onstage keeping up with him and keeping the audience laughing. — Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026

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