All 4 Uses of
opera
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- In this country where no poor man can ever hope to make money unless he is a criminal like Juan March, or a bullfighter, or a tenor in the opera?†
Chpt 14 *
- He'd take her to see the Marx Brothers at the Opera.†
Chpt 18
- She'd like the Marx Brothers at the Opera, he thought.†
Chpt 18
- It is all still comic opera.†
Chpt 18
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