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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Dedicated to the opera legend, the Odeon displayed a bust of Callas in the concert hall.
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Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2024
Two years later, according to a 2000 The New York Times story, Onassis invited the opera singer and her husband to join him and several other guests on a Mediterranean cruise aboard his yacht.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Her mother was a stage mom who pushed her into the opera, desperate to make money off of her daughter’s voice.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
In This Week’s Tote Bag • What theatre was the location for all of the scenes in the opera house?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2024
Two years later, according to a 2000 The New York Times story, Onassis invited the opera singer and her husband to join him and several other guests on a Mediterranean cruise aboard his yacht.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Her mother was a stage mom who pushed her into the opera, desperate to make money off of her daughter’s voice.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
In This Week’s Tote Bag • What theatre was the location for all of the scenes in the opera house?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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“The opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opera. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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