All 10 Uses of
opera
in
The Woman Warrior
- Opera singers, who begin their training at age five, sleep in beds like this.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *
- Here we'll put on operas; we'll sing together and talk-story.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Moon Orchid did indeed see a boy whose head was big, his curls enlarging it, his eyebrows thick and slanted like an opera warrior's.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- I spread them out (so black and full of possibilities) and pretended the curtains were swinging open, flying up, one after another, sunlight underneath, mighty operas.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- They turn the radio up full blast to hear the operas, which do not seem to hurt their ears.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- An opera from San Francisco!†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- An opera from Hong Kong!†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- Usually I did not understand the words in operas, whether because of our obscure dialect or theirs I didn't know, but I heard one line sung out into the night air in a woman's voice high and clear as ice.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- But they kept pouring out anyway in the voice like Chinese opera.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- I had a rented hospital bed in the living room, where I watched soap operas on t.†
Chpt 5 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)