the opera
noun
: an opera performance or opera performances
Have you ever been to the opera?
I enjoy going to the opera.
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Some $25,000 was used for the opera from a State Department program aimed at strengthening U.S. relations globally.
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Under the miles of porticos, past the opera house, Ava led me to La Taberna del Re Vallot, a trattoria that is decorated with hundreds of cats—ceramic cats, kitty clocks, pet portraits.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
For the opera in Colombia staged by an American composer, $22,000 of the $47,000 outlay was in nonfederal funding.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The Minstrel Show is coming to the opera house and their entertainment promises to be a rattling good one.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
Under the miles of porticos, past the opera house, Ava led me to La Taberna del Re Vallot, a trattoria that is decorated with hundreds of cats—ceramic cats, kitty clocks, pet portraits.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
For the opera in Colombia staged by an American composer, $22,000 of the $47,000 outlay was in nonfederal funding.
—Linda Qiu, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
The Minstrel Show is coming to the opera house and their entertainment promises to be a rattling good one.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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“The opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opera. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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