operas

Noun

opera (countable and uncountable, plural operas or opere)

1. A 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.
2. The score for such a work.
3. The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
4. A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
   • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
5. A company dedicated to performing such works.
6. (broadly) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.