opera singer

collocation in English

meaningsofoperaandsinger

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opera
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.ə/us
/ˈɑː.pɚ.ə/
a musical play in which most of the words are sung, or plays and music of ...
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singer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ər/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/
a person ...
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(Definition ofoperaandsingerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is absolutely essential doctrine for anoperasinger.
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I am not free to be a leadingoperasinger, nor is the short adult free to be a leading basketball player.
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She was training to be anoperasinger.
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Anoperasingeris typically more concerned with technically hitting the correct notes at the correct time in a composition.
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If we remove the voice from the transmission of the performance of theoperasinger, does that singer automatically become an actor?
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Sirmen's attempt to establish herself as anoperasingeris perhaps a sign that she was aware that her status as the latest celebrity violinist was on the wane.
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He was anoperasingerwho could not sing.
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That is considerably in excess of what is required to be anoperasinger.
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Anoperasingerhas to do the same.
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Equally, the husband of a ballet dancer oroperasingermight wish to accompany his wife.
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My eldest son is anoperasingerwith an intermittent income.
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Where he gets involved with a gold digger, a thief, anoperasingerand the woman he loves.
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Cholly, overjoyed with the chance of getting an exclusive from theoperasinger, happily accepts.
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With the aim of becoming anoperasinger, she made an extensive study of classical music.
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When she was younger, it is shown that she was anoperasingersince birth, but rebelled to go to rock.
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The women are completely different in their social classes, one being an innkeeper's daughter and the other anoperasinger.
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His father was anoperasingerand his sister would later become a pianist and his brother a cellist.
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After graduating, he put his art career on hold to concentrate on a budding career as anoperasinger.
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His father was a dogmatic atheist and a frustratedoperasingerwho settled on being a cantor, before becoming a substitute teacher.
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He planned to be a music teacher, but after performing in several campus productions he decided to pursue a career as anoperasinger.
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