All 5 Uses of
opera
in
An Ideal Husband
- Why, he rides in the Row at ten o'clock in the morning, goes to the Opera three times a week, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season.†
Act 1
- I hear she went to the Opera on Monday night,
Act 1 *opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung
- I dare say I lost it at the Opera, before we came on here.†
Act 2
- Ah yes, I suppose it must have been at the Opera.†
Act 2
- She ultimately was so broken-hearted that she went into a convent, or on to the operatic stage, I forget which.†
Act 2
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