All 16 Uses
opera
in
The American, by Henry James
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- He had removed his hat, and flung down beside him a little red guide-book and an opera-glass.†
Chpt 1 *opera = a musical play with orchestra in which most of the dialogue is sung (or the art form that consists of such musicals; or describing something as related to that art form)
- At this moment, however, his attention was attracted by a gentleman who had come from another part of the room and whose manner was that of a stranger to the gallery, although he was equipped with neither guide-book nor opera-glass.†
Chpt 2
- The simple truth is that they made a fuss about her milliner's bill or refused her an opera-box.†
Chpt 6
- I am not fond of books, as you are, sir, and I get tired of dining out and going to the opera.†
Chpt 10
- The marquis said that among light operas his favorite was the Gazza Ladra.†
Chpt 13operas = classical music plays in which most of the dialogue is sung
- I will hire all the great singers from the opera, and all the first people from the Theatre Francais, and I will give an entertainment.†
Chpt 14opera = a musical play with orchestra in which most of the dialogue is sung (or the art form that consists of such musicals; or describing something as related to that art form)
- Newman was fond of music and went often to the opera.†
Chpt 17
- A few evenings before the occasion of which I speak he had invited several ladies and gentlemen to the opera to listen to Madame Alboni—a party which included Miss Dora Finch.†
Chpt 17
- After this he promised himself to go for a while to the opera alone.†
Chpt 17
- "What do you think of the opera?" asked our hero.†
Chpt 17
- You have surely seen the opera before?†
Chpt 17
- I have been to the opera twice a week for the last eight years.†
Chpt 17
- Whenever I ask for anything my mouth is stopped with that: Pray, madam, haven't you an opera box?†
Chpt 17
- In the first place, my opera box was down in my contrat; they have to give it to me.†
Chpt 17
- I will go to my orchestra-stall and sit out the opera.†
Chpt 17
- He went to the opera and found it better than in Paris; he went to the theatre and found a surprising charm in listening to dialogue the finest points of which came within the range of his comprehension.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(opera) a form of musical theater with orchestra in which most of the words are sung, often in a classical style and sometimes in a foreign language
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, the expression, soap opera, refers to a television or radio program that typically runs for many years and dramatizes the lives of a group of characters.