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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Although Lewis seems to have led a vibrant life in Rome—hosting dinner parties, playing guitar for friends, attending the opera—her circumstances were different from other artists’.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Because when that last curtain goes down, the opera is over.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2026
Here then is a serendipitous tale worthy of a day at the races or a night at the opera.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
With a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz, the opera is a recasting of the Orpheus-and-Euridice story, with artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera replacing the mythical Greeks.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Because when that last curtain goes down, the opera is over.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2026
Here then is a serendipitous tale worthy of a day at the races or a night at the opera.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
With a libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz, the opera is a recasting of the Orpheus-and-Euridice story, with artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera replacing the mythical Greeks.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
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“The opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opera. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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