operatic
adjective
op·er·at·ic
ˌä-pə-ˈra-tik 
1
: of or relating to opera
2
: grand, dramatic, or romantic in style or effect
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the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences
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His surreal, operatic films and television shows examined romance, consciousness, evil, and the enduring rot beneath suburban sheen and Hollywood glamor.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Joined by the backup vocalists of venerable Puerto Rican orchestra El Gran Combo, Peluso channels the precise moment in time (the tail end of the ’70s) when salsa became operatic and symphonic.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Rose, the terrifying stage mother from Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents’s musical masterpiece, might at first impression be a thousand miles away from McDonald’s palpable warmth and golden, operatic voice—other famous Roses have run over audiences like a freight train.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
These are landscapes without the operatic vistas and ostensibly untrammeled serenity of Bierstadt.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Joined by the backup vocalists of venerable Puerto Rican orchestra El Gran Combo, Peluso channels the precise moment in time (the tail end of the ’70s) when salsa became operatic and symphonic.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Rose, the terrifying stage mother from Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents’s musical masterpiece, might at first impression be a thousand miles away from McDonald’s palpable warmth and golden, operatic voice—other famous Roses have run over audiences like a freight train.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
These are landscapes without the operatic vistas and ostensibly untrammeled serenity of Bierstadt.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Operatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operatic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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