opening night
noun
: the evening when something (such as a play or concert) is performed in front of an audience for the first time
I have tickets for opening night.
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Preview performances begin July 18, with the official opening night set for Aug. 8.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
The festival’s opening night film selection will be announced separately.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
And Notre Dame needed all that to push through a season that tested Freeman’s program on opening night in College Station, Texas, and never let up.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
The wealth and the variety of new possibilities for African writers were on display last summer during the opening night of the Doek Literary Festival in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
The festival’s opening night film selection will be announced separately.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
And Notre Dame needed all that to push through a season that tested Freeman’s program on opening night in College Station, Texas, and never let up.
—Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
The wealth and the variety of new possibilities for African writers were on display last summer during the opening night of the Doek Literary Festival in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Opening night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opening%20night. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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