All 19 Uses of
opera
in
Sister Carrie
- Why, he's manager of the Grand Opera House."†
Chpt 5
- "One night," resumed Mrs. Morgan, whose lines came next, "father and mother were going to the opera.†
Chpt 17
- There was, however, at this time, one theatre, the Chicago Opera House, which was considerably in the public eye, and its manager, David A. Henderson, had a fair local reputation.†
Chpt 26
- A noted comic opera comedian was holding forth that week, and the air of distinction and prosperity overawed her.†
Chpt 26 *
- She got the location of several playhouses fixed in her mind—notably the Grand Opera House and McVickar's, both of which were leading in attractions—and then came away.†
Chpt 26
- Accordingly she started out to revisit the Chicago Opera House, but possessed scarcely enough courage to approach.†
Chpt 26
- One of the principal comedy companies of the day was playing an engagement at the Grand Opera House.†
Chpt 26
- This little experience nearly destroyed her ambition to call upon the manager at the Chicago Opera House, but she decided to do so after a time.†
Chpt 26
- Chapter XXXVIII IN ELF LAND DISPORTING—THE GRIM WORLD WITHOUT When Carrie renewed her search, as she did the next day, going to the Casino, she found that in the opera chorus, as in other fields, employment is difficult to secure.†
Chpt 38
- "There's more marching in this opera than ever I did before," added the girl.†
Chpt 39
- Miss Osborne and she had gone to the office of the manager who was to produce the new opera at the Broadway and returned straight to the former's room, where they had been since three o'clock.†
Chpt 39
- At last the opera she was with announced its departure within four weeks.†
Chpt 40
- "Last two weeks of the Great Comic Opera success ——The——," etc., was upon all billboards and in the newspapers, before she acted.†
Chpt 40
- She was now one of a group of oriental beauties who, in the second act of the comic opera, were paraded by the vizier before the new potentate as the treasures of his harem.†
Chpt 42
- She began to read the newspaper notices, not only of the opera in which she had so small a part, but of others.†
Chpt 43
- When would a scene from her opera appear?†
Chpt 43
- The members of the opera company made her acquaintance without the formality of introduction.†
Chpt 43
- In April she learned that the opera would probably last until the middle or the end of May, according to the size of the audiences.†
Chpt 43
- At last a lady in opera cape and rustling skirts came down Fifth Avenue, accompanied by her escort.†
Chpt 45
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