operatic
adjective
op·er·at·ic
ˌä-pə-ˈra-tik 
1
: of or relating to opera
2
: grand, dramatic, or romantic in style or effect
Synonyms
Examples of operatic in a Sentence
the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences
Recent Examples on the Web
In a place where every cobblestone can be imagined to echo the footfalls of emperors and saints, Woodman’s operatic vision reached its fullest expression.
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Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
Selena Ceja, who has a large and lovely operatic voice and endearing stage presence, leads the cast as 19-year-old Natasha, who forsakes her absent fiancé Andrey for the handsome but deceptive womanizer Anatole, played with oozing wolfish charm by Michael Louis Cusimano.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
For Robinson, the operatic tales that occupy much of Genesis provide an opportunity to ponder the idea that – in spite of characters behaving badly – a loving God never deserts His flock.
—Joan Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
This is to the dismay of her partner (Philip Stoddard, not entirely comfortable in an operatic mode) and her best friend (a shape-shifting and likable Claire Leyden), and to the frustration of her doctor (a warm but firm Eliam Ramos).
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But Beyoncé, ready to become a true diva in the operatic sense, keeps insisting that crying together is the only way to achieve world peace.
—Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
Qwerty harnesses the buzz of that lifestyle with a scale that borders the operatic: yearning soul melodies interrupted by anxious ad libs, voice-note recordings, and phone-notification pings, with devious melodic rivulets to link the bustling movements.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2024
And the virtually operatic story of one of the painter’s five subjects, a courtesan named Okita (Kinuyo Tanaka), who pays an unbearable price for illicit love, shows just how political Mizoguchi found personal life to be.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
Selena Ceja, who has a large and lovely operatic voice and endearing stage presence, leads the cast as 19-year-old Natasha, who forsakes her absent fiancé Andrey for the handsome but deceptive womanizer Anatole, played with oozing wolfish charm by Michael Louis Cusimano.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
For Robinson, the operatic tales that occupy much of Genesis provide an opportunity to ponder the idea that – in spite of characters behaving badly – a loving God never deserts His flock.
—Joan Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
This is to the dismay of her partner (Philip Stoddard, not entirely comfortable in an operatic mode) and her best friend (a shape-shifting and likable Claire Leyden), and to the frustration of her doctor (a warm but firm Eliam Ramos).
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But Beyoncé, ready to become a true diva in the operatic sense, keeps insisting that crying together is the only way to achieve world peace.
—Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
Qwerty harnesses the buzz of that lifestyle with a scale that borders the operatic: yearning soul melodies interrupted by anxious ad libs, voice-note recordings, and phone-notification pings, with devious melodic rivulets to link the bustling movements.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2024
And the virtually operatic story of one of the painter’s five subjects, a courtesan named Okita (Kinuyo Tanaka), who pays an unbearable price for illicit love, shows just how political Mizoguchi found personal life to be.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Operatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operatic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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