Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms of musical theater. · The score for such a work. · The genre of such works, the art of composing operas. · A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
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