opera
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈɒp.ər.ə//ˈɒp.rə/us/ˈɑː.pɚ.ə/A2
amusicalplayin which most of the words aresung, orplaysandmusicof thistype:
歌剧"Carmen" is myfavouriteopera.《卡门》是我最喜爱的歌剧。
I've never been ahugefanof opera.我对歌剧一向不是很着迷。
He goes totheopera(= toseean opera)wheneverhe can.他一有机会就去看歌剧。
an operasinger歌剧演唱家
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- I can onlystandopera insmalldoses.
- If this first opera of theseasonis aheraldof what is to come, we canexpectgreatthings.
- The Almeida theatre'srecentstagingof the opera hadcriticsfoamingat themouth.
- She is one of theimmortalsofclassicalopera.
- Why is opera soinaccessibleto so manypeople?
Opera
- aria
- comic opera
- grand opera
- hip-hopera
- libretto
- met
- opera house
- operatic
- operatically
- operetta
- overture
- prima donna
- recitative
- supertitle
- surtitle
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