Both Uses of
opera
in
A Farewell to Arms
- Bring good opera disks.†
Book 1 *
- It's like a comic opera today.†
Book 4
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