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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Directed by Tara Branham, the production stars soprano Mikayla Sager in the role of the opera’s lovestruck courtesan, Violetta.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
According to the English National Opera, La traviata was used as inspiration for Pretty Woman, and in the film, the opera brings Vivian to tears.
—Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
The setting is an international school in Finland, and the opera is interracial, polyglot, and multistylistic.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 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
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
According to the English National Opera, La traviata was used as inspiration for Pretty Woman, and in the film, the opera brings Vivian to tears.
—Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
The setting is an international school in Finland, and the opera is interracial, polyglot, and multistylistic.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 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
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