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Definition

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

She is a popular opera singer.

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

We're going to the opera this evening.

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

...someone was singing. It was opera.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses

opera = a song from a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

They ... used to be always seen together at the Opera, and wherever good music was going on.
Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray

opera = performances of classical music plays in which most of the dialogue is sung

I hear she went to the Opera on Monday night,
Oscar Wilde -- An Ideal Husband

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

He was a murderer who terrorized the opera house for years before kidnapping a young singer and trying to force her to be the love he was denied.
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

opera = (used for) classical music plays in which most of the dialogue is sung

No expense had been spared on the setting, which was acknowledged to be very beautiful even by people who shared his acquaintance with the Opera houses of Paris and Vienna.
Edith Wharton -- The Age of Innocence

opera = (built for) classical music plays in which most of the dialogue is sung

Or I'll take you to the opera.
Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss

opera = a musical play with orchestra in which most dialogue is sung

Julian's holiday card was a picture of Julian wearing a tie, looking like he was about to go to the opera or something.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

opera = a musical play with orchestra in which most of the dialogue is sung — typically in a formal setting

In order for you to understand what I did and why, I must introduce you to my favorite opera: Madame Butterfly.
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

She has lived in this city her whole life. She can speak two languages. She can sing an opera.
Sandra Cisneros -- The House on Mango Street

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

That sweet little Donna Correlli was booed off the stage when she tried to sing opera.
Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera.
J.D. Salinger -- The Catcher in the Rye

opera = a classical music play in which most of the dialogue is sung

We listen to the opera singer in a peaceful silence.
Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss
Until the opera singer begins her evening routine.
Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss
Song begins to do opera moves, as he did the night they met.
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
(Chinese opera music comes up on the speakers.
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
They "beat" her, then lampoon the acrobatics of the Chinese opera, as she is made to kneel onstage.
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
No opera singer, but it's only the afternoon.
Stephanie Perkins -- Anna and the French Kiss
Why, in the Peking Opera, are women's roles played by men?
David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly

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