All 8 Uses of
opera
in
Dubliners
- His liking for Mozart's music brought him sometimes to an opera or a concert: these were the only dissipations of his life.†
Chpt 11
- He had appeared in grand opera.†
Chpt 13
- One night, when an operatic artiste had fallen ill, he had undertaken the part of the king in the opera of Maritana at the Queen's Theatre.†
Chpt 13 *
- One night, when an operatic artiste had fallen ill, he had undertaken the part of the king in the opera of Maritana at the Queen's Theatre.†
Chpt 13
- "The opera, is it?" said Mr. Kernan.†
Chpt 14
- The subject of talk was the opera company which was then at the Theatre Royal.†
Chpt 15
- Nobody answered this question and Mary Jane led the table back to the legitimate opera.†
Chpt 15
- Why did they never play the grand old operas now, he asked, Dinorah, Lucrezia Borgia?†
Chpt 15
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