the opera

noun

: an opera performance or opera performances

Have you ever been to the opera?

I enjoy going to the opera.

Examples of the opera in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the book, Statman recounts one man whose mom loves the opera but always buys the cheap tickets. —

Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024 Karpman wrote the opera with words by New York Times writer Gail Collins. —

Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 May 2024 As a result, the opera house was forced to borrow money from the UK government and cut costs. —

Sabah Meddings, Fortune Europe, 4 May 2024 Going to a show, a road trip, a restaurant, people watching at the opera. —

Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 May 2024 The pandemic has taken its toll on the opera scene, with several long-running companies, such as Saratoga’s Bay Shore Lyric Opera, yet to bounce back. —

Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024 This isn’t about forcing yourself to go to the opera when an aria only gives you a headache (or puts you to sleep). —

Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 3 May 2024 My father worked at Teatro alla Scala, the opera house in Milan. —

Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Behind the scenes, her sister Alison played an equally critical role as assistant stage director, focusing on one of the opera's largest and most complex scenes. —

Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2024

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