All 4 Uses of
opera
in
Man And Superman
- It is hardly fifteen years since, as twin pioneers of the New Journalism of that time, we two, cradled in the same new sheets, made an epoch in the criticism of the theatre and the opera house by making it a pretext for a propaganda of our own views of life.†
Chpt Ded.
- Mendoza produces an opera glass.†
Chpt 3
- [He begins to sing in a nasal operatic baritone, tremulous from an eternity of misuse in the French manner].†
Chpt 3 *
- You will be very nice to women; and you will go a good deal to the opera.†
Chpt 3
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