All 3 Uses of
opera
in
Candide
- There was surprising pomp and magnificence; there were fetes, carousals, continual opera bouffe; and all Italy composed sonnets in my praise, though not one of them was passable.†
Chpt 11 *
- He fell into a deep melancholy, and neither went to see the opera, nor any of the other diversions of the Carnival; nay, he was proof against the temptations of all the ladies.†
Chpt 24
- Perhaps I should be fonder of the opera if they had not found the secret of making of it a monster which shocks me.†
Chpt 25
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