variants
also opuses
as in works
a literary, musical, or artistic production
the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim
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Recent Examples of opera
One opera and one new Gorillaz album seems like enough for 2025!
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Rolling Stone Uk, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
But not every opera or every staging makes sense as a collaboration.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Rolling Stone called Christine and the Queens’ 2023 three-part pop opera, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love, one of the year’s best albums.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
The second of two children, with an older brother, Jacob, age 28, Sarah Milgrim as a child sang opera twice with the children’s chorus at the Lyric Opera.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Rolling Stone Uk, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
But not every opera or every staging makes sense as a collaboration.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Rolling Stone called Christine and the Queens’ 2023 three-part pop opera, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love, one of the year’s best albums.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
The second of two children, with an older brother, Jacob, age 28, Sarah Milgrim as a child sang opera twice with the children’s chorus at the Lyric Opera.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opera
compositions
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But this year, a number of artists contributed even more music to the collection, with some dropping brand new compositions and others putting festive spins on beloved tracks released by other stars in previous years.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
26 Dec. 2024
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Musical compositions The latest crop of compositions spans the era's jazz standards, show tunes, pop music and more.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 Dec. 2024
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“Opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opera. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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