opera star

collocation in English

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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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star
noun
uk
/stɑːr/us
/stɑːr/
a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky ...
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(Definition ofoperaandstarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She dreams of performing before him and becoming anoperastar, but her singing is not good.
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He is discovered by an opera impresario, and is catapulted into great fame as an internationaloperastar.
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The interview states that you can usually recognize theoperastarin the title character.
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In the film, a businessman's wife tries to become anoperastar, failing miserably due to her lack of talent.
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Soapoperastaracting offers and ads keep coming.
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For anoperastar, for any kind of star, its remarkably unvain and oddly endearing.
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The plot here revolves around a poor-but-honest flower girl who agrees to impersonate anoperastar.
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In the years before he died, he wanted her to become anoperastar, and had her take voice lessons for three years.
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Such a typical representation is often concerned with the sometimes mystical, often obsessive, relationship of opera stars to their voice.
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Rohr's windows are in fact the occupations of these musicians, from church musicians and downtrodden orchestral opera pit players to exalted opera stars.
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Complete, it had a stage, stalls, comfortable boxes, a bar; as well as costumes and scenery and dressing rooms for the opera stars.
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The feature was preceded by a program of short subjects with live-recorded sound, nearly all featuring classical instrumentalists and opera stars.
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The program also featured reenactments of callers' stories and appearances by daytime soap opera stars.
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Viewers have no difficulties singling them out of the crowd for they tend to be the most popular soap opera stars of the moment.
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The festival presented four operas over two consecutive weekends each spring with leading international opera stars in the principle roles.
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Each week they are trained by professional opera stars (mentors); who teach them how to sing opera.
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It attracts notable opera stars, ballet and theatre performers and also eminent rock and jazz musicians internationally who perform at the festival.
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They play different characters such as the news presenter women, the housewives, the soap opera stars, the fitness freaks, and vixens pillow-fighting on the bed.
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The hour-long series focuses on the personal and professional lives of daytime soap opera stars and their off-screen time.
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His musical interests were formed while attending his father's rehearsals where he had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the world's leading conductors, musicians and opera stars.
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