How to Use grand opera in a Sentence

grand opera

noun

• In Germany, the decor, the spectacular use of great masses of people—the central myth itself was borrowed from grand opera.
  — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2018
• The main thoroughfare, Emad al-Din Street, boasted a grand opera house, expensive hotels, and innumerable dance halls, bars and cafés.
  — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
• Even more revealing was the response of my wife, who loves grand opera but isn’t a full-fledged buff and had never previously shown any special interest in Maria Callas.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
• Her silky mezzo voice had the heft to parody grand opera, and her divinely expressive face carried over-the-top theatrics with no self-consciousness.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
• His voice is sort of a rest cure from the truck-driver singing of grand opera, with superb diction and natural vocal elegance that should be an excellent fit with Schubert’s great song cycle.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• McCormic was a protege of the marvelous Mary Garden, who was resurrecting a grand opera company out of financial ruin.
  — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2022
• There were moments when his powerful voice proved too much for the arena’s amplification system more suited to broadcasting scores for sporting events or a circus than grand opera.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 20 June 2019
• Abels transcribed her threads and wove them into grand opera, drawing inspiration from classical Americana, gospel music and Arabic modalities alike.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
• From regional theaters to Broadway, and from local orchestras to grand opera houses, performing arts organizations are reporting persistent — and worrisome — drops in attendance.
  — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022
• From the late 1920s, professional wrestling had an uneasy relationship with the auditorium, muscling in between other presentations of grand opera, graduations, Boy Scout pow-wows, educational lectures and other more elevated events.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 5 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024