the opera
noun
: an opera performance or opera performances
Have you ever been to the opera?
I enjoy going to the opera.
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In years past, Pulley believes, the opera world might have sometimes encouraged performers to create larger-than-life, attention-grabbing offstage personas as a way of generating publicity.
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Morgan Richter, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The proposal comes just one week after Republicans proposed naming the opera house at the Kennedy Center after First Lady Melania Trump.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 July 2025
House Republicans have made passage of the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill contingent, at least for now, on renaming the opera house at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after Melania Trump.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Now the opera about four young bohemians living for art in a chilly Paris apartment is back in the first of San Francisco Opera’s summer productions.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
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Morgan Richter, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The proposal comes just one week after Republicans proposed naming the opera house at the Kennedy Center after First Lady Melania Trump.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 July 2025
House Republicans have made passage of the fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment spending bill contingent, at least for now, on renaming the opera house at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after Melania Trump.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Now the opera about four young bohemians living for art in a chilly Paris apartment is back in the first of San Francisco Opera’s summer productions.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
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“The opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opera. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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