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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
Figaro Up, Figaro Down Director: Javid Soriano, Producers: Javid Soriano, Rob Richert
(USA 2026, 75 min)
Tim Blevins trained at Juilliard, enthralling opera fans with his baritone before losing it all to addiction and landing on the streets of San Francisco.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
Many prominent artists, such as Andrea Bocelli, Doja Cat, Charlie Puth, Jamie Lee Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, and Misty Copeland, have come to the defense of ballet and opera in response to Chalamet.
—John Hassan, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2026
But, on Oscar night, Chalamet was roasted in the monologue by O'Brien for past comments about ballet and opera, and ultimately came up short to Jordan.
—USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
Private Music is absolutely far and above anything that Deftones have released in recent years, and furthermore there’s an argument for this album standing in the same tier as their other opuses.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
Many prominent artists, such as Andrea Bocelli, Doja Cat, Charlie Puth, Jamie Lee Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, and Misty Copeland, have come to the defense of ballet and opera in response to Chalamet.
—John Hassan, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2026
But, on Oscar night, Chalamet was roasted in the monologue by O'Brien for past comments about ballet and opera, and ultimately came up short to Jordan.
—USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
Private Music is absolutely far and above anything that Deftones have released in recent years, and furthermore there’s an argument for this album standing in the same tier as their other opuses.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opera
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The gallery would dedicate its third exhibition to Smith, presenting two monumental works by the artist made in the mid-1960s and early ’70s.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Those are real-life examples of recent scams plaguing the publishing industry that target authors’ wallets and original works.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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These ten compositions depend on lights in darkness, most commonly generated by candles, by the moon, or—as in the most famous painting here, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (circa 1767)—by both.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The songs are contextualized a little and, among other gentle pleasures, Kole and Galante explore a little of the structural complexity of Bacharach’s constantly shape-shifting music, an outlier among pop compositions and indicative of the composer’s technical genius.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Roach and Uwazurike each are expected to help fill the gap left by John Franklin-Myers, Denver’s lone high-profile free agency departure, but Sai’Vion Jones and Onyedim are the kinds of pieces the Broncos are betting play key roles at some point in the future.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The curators Christine Riding and Lucy Bamford have brought together ten canvases that were originally shown in London between 1765 and 1773—the pieces thanks to which, during his mid-thirties, the North Midlands artist first secured a national reputation.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opera. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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