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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This portion of the track runs in front of the opera house, named after French opera composer Jules Massenet.
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
And Anna, the opera singer working in London, shared all our experiences of bucking family tradition, pursuing the arts and craving the spotlight.
—Jessie Rosen, People.com, 3 May 2025
That scene at the opera was, for me anyway, the apotheosis of it.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
Weekends were spent at the opera or at parties thrown by socialite Kit Gill or Philip Johnson, whose social swirl of gay, highbrow New Yorkers overlapped with his own.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
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Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
And Anna, the opera singer working in London, shared all our experiences of bucking family tradition, pursuing the arts and craving the spotlight.
—Jessie Rosen, People.com, 3 May 2025
That scene at the opera was, for me anyway, the apotheosis of it.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
Weekends were spent at the opera or at parties thrown by socialite Kit Gill or Philip Johnson, whose social swirl of gay, highbrow New Yorkers overlapped with his own.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the opera
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“The opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opera. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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