How to Use the opera in a Sentence

the opera

noun
  • The plot of the stage show mirrors that of the movie, with its trip to the opera and all.
    — Maria Yagoda, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Wear it anywhere from the park to the opera, and look as sharp as a tack.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
  • But like Claire, the opera gets trapped and struggles to emerge.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • It’s got a film to go along with the staging that doesn’t have much to do with the opera.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
  • In the opera, the quest for knowledge takes over the darkness of what happened.
    — James Bash | , oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The idea is for both the opera and monument to pay homage to the species that have gone extinct.
    — Keridwen Cornelius, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • The lecture will be free for members of the opera guild and JCC, and $10 for non-members.
    — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
  • But as the opera's plot goes, Bird, as he's known, questions whether his life's work is enough.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The prologue to the opera had been an argument among the gods of Fortune, Virtue and Love.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • The Hutts had some spare time one week, between seeing the Knicks play the Warriors and going to the opera.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • The Goodspeed is holding a book signing event for Holmes at the opera house on May 8.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024
  • That scene at the opera was, for me anyway, the apotheosis of it.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Kate joins the growing list of celebrities who have leaned into the opera glove trend.
    — Town & Country, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Back in New York their evenings were spent at the ballet, the philharmonic, the opera.
    — Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • When the opera was over, the audience in the House for Mozart applauded the cast heartily.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Bring the crew, a picnic, blanket and chairs for drama under the stars as the opera streams live on a big screen.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • This isn’t about forcing yourself to go to the opera when an aria only gives you a headache (or puts you to sleep).
    — Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 3 May 2024
  • In the book, Statman recounts one man whose mom loves the opera but always buys the cheap tickets.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
  • Going to a show, a road trip, a restaurant, people watching at the opera.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • There are four more performances of the opera over the next two weeks, and tickets are available at www.operasj.org.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But Williams and the opera have refused to pay Baumgarten, who is suing for breach of contract and N.C.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There is a new film about the opera singer and style icon, called Maria, starring Angelina Jolie.
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • And one of her many goals is to make sure the public sees a night at the opera as fun and exciting as going to prom.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • Per The Times, Jolie took seven months' worth of singing lessons and studied Italian to portray the opera star.
    — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This portion of the track runs in front of the opera house, named after French opera composer Jules Massenet.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • By the way, there really is a large hidden lake beneath the opera house.
    — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • My father worked at Teatro alla Scala, the opera house in Milan.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The metaphor applies to the opera’s theme of fate but also the production itself, which starts off shaky and winds up in a ditch.
    — Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Dedicated to the opera legend, the Odeon displayed a bust of Callas in the concert hall.
    — Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Can Angelina Jolie, who plays the opera singer in a new biopic, find the humanity amid the chaos?
    — airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024

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