opera house

noun

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

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The event is held at the institution’s opera house, typically with the president in attendance. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025 President Donald Trump is expected to visit the Kennedy Center for a board meeting on Monday, two sources familiar with the planning tell CBS News Organizers have arranged for the meeting to be held onstage at the venue's opera house. Ed O'Keefe, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025 The five-act super-show kicked off with Gaga appearing on a stage that was fashioned into a brutalist opera house. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025 Carla Capponi, who bombed German vehicles outside Rome’s opera house and got away with shooting a German colonel on a busy street. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for opera house

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 23 May. 2025.

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