the opera

noun

: an opera performance or opera performances

Have you ever been to the opera?

I enjoy going to the opera.

Examples of the opera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Frances decides to put this on pause, though, because the family is going to the opera tonight (a very alive and valid art form! —Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

Tosca, who has also been tricked into thinking Cavaradossi will live, is heartbroken and, in the terrifyingly emotive final minutes of the opera, jumps to her death. —Courtney Lewis, Florida Times-Union, 28 Mar. 2026

But, by the beginning of the Gilded Age in America in the 1870s, the sartorial code became the upper class’s go-to for the opera, debutante balls, and any of the fancy-dress parties thrown by socialites of the day. —Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026

San Diego Symphony musicians will perform the opera’s score under the baton of conductor Louis Lohraseb, who is making his company debut. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026