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

Even men who don’t wear a suit to work every day might have at least one suit—and probably a black one—in the back of the closet, ready to wear to a funeral, a wedding, the opera, or an appearance at court. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Music director Eun Sun Kim leads the huge complement of musicians, an orchestral assemblage that required an expansion of the pit when the opera was first performed here in 1938. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

This caught the attention of donors as well as the opera world at large with the release of DVDs. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

In a court filing, the opera company said the money in question came from years of contributions by supporters who specifically intended their gifts to benefit the Washington National Opera and its artistic and educational mission. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2026