All 3 Uses of
opera
in
Middlemarch
- That is what I like; though I have heard most things—been at the opera in Vienna: Gluck, Mozart, everything of that sort.†
Chpt 1 *
- "Oh, he's a dangerous young sprig, that Mr. Ladislaw," said Mrs. Cadwallader, "with his opera songs and his ready tongue.†
Chpt 4
- Nothing, had done instead—not the opera, or the converse of zealous politicians, or the flattering reception (in dim corners) of his new hand in leading articles.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(opera) a musical play with orchestra in which most dialogue is sung -- (typically associated with classical music and often in a language foreign to the audience)
or:
the art form (or describing something as related to it) that consists of musical plays with orchestra in which most dialogue is sung