Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - opera
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Opera
opera
I. plural of opus II. noun Etymology: Italian, work, ~, from Latin, work, pains; akin to Latin oper-, opus — more at ~te Date: 1644 1. a drama set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment and orchestral overtures and interludes; specifically grand ~ 2. the score of a musical drama 3. the performance of an ~; also a house where ~s are performed
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1. n. 1 a a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers (usu. in costume) and instrumentalists. b this as a genre. 2 a building for the performance of opera. Phrases and idioms opera-glasses small binoculars for use at the opera or theatre. opera-hat a man's tall collapsible hat. opera-house a theatre for the performance of opera. Etymology: It. f. L, = labour, work 2. pl. of OPUS. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. опера comic opera —- комическая опера at the opera —- в опере, на оперном спектакле 2. оперное искусство to be fond of the opera —- быть поклонником оперного искусства 3. оперный театр the Paris O. —- здание парижского оперного театра 4. либретто или партитура оперы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(operas) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. An opera is a play with music in which all the words are sung. ...a one-act opera about contemporary women in America. ...an opera singer... He was also learned in classical music with a great love of opera. N-VAR see also soap opera ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a musical play in which all of the words are sung (go to the opera (=go to a performance of an opera)) (Helena had never been to the opera until that night.) 2 these plays considered as a form of art (Do you enjoy opera? | an opera lover) (- see also comic opera, grand opera, soap opera, -compare operetta) - operatic adj - operatically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1644, from It. opera, lit. "a work," from L. opera "work, effort" (L. plural regarded as fem. sing.), related to opus (gen. operis) "a work." Defined in Elson's Music Dictionary as, "a form of musical composition evolved shortly before 1600, by some enthusiastic Florentine amateurs who sought to bring back the Greek plays to the modern stage." Soap opera is first recorded 1939, as a disparaging reference to daytime radio dramas sponsored by soap manufacturers. Operetta, with diminutive ending, first recorded 1770. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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