opera house

noun

: a theater devoted principally to the performance of operas
broadly : theater

Examples of opera house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That movement is further helped by the spate of cultural attractions that have opened in recent years, from the city’s national museum to the Munch art collection and the stylish national library and opera house. Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible. Elisabetta Povoledo Alessandro Penso, New York Times, 13 May 2024 The picture benefits greatly from its beautiful European locations, especially Budapest, whose opera house is the setting for the elaborate opening action sequence. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024 In the 1920s, arts and culture groups in the city struggled to raise enough money for an opera house, and returning veterans searched for a way to commemorate the war, said Horn, who was first appointed to the board in 1981 by then-San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein. Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for opera house 

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Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of opera house was in 1720

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“Opera house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opera%20house. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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