1) Aesthetic treat 2) Aida 3) Aida for one 4) Aida or Carmen 5) Aida or lakme 6) Aida or Norma 7) Aida or The Barber of Seville 8) Aida or Tosca 9) Aidaor lakme 10) Amahl and the Night Visitors 11) An aged musical work 12) An aria is part of it 13) And his field 14) Anna Bolena or Anna Nicole 15) Any of 22 Mozart works
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1) Aida 2) Bouffe 3) Music 4) Oeuvre 5) Works
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Latin, meaning: work, pains, labor.
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• (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama. • (pl. ) of Opus • (n.) The hou...
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a drama set to music and made up of vocal pieces with orchestral accompaniment and with orchestral overtures and interludes. In some operas, such as ... [32 related articles]
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1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc, with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama. ... 2. The score of a musical drama, either written...
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Op'er·a noun [ Italian , from
opera work, composition, opposed to an improvisation, from Latin
opera pains work, from
opus ,
operis , work, labor: confer French
opéra . See
Operate .]
1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essen...
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A browser designed for palm top computers.
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classic almond sponge cake layered with coffee and chocolate butter cream and covered with a sheet of chocolate; seen in every pastry shop window.
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A dramatic work set to music e.g. Aida by Verdi.
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Opera is a stage entertainment consisting of a play sung to music in its entirety, with no spoken dialogue at all. Opera originated in Italy around 1600 and has subsequently spread throughout the world.
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A musical form of drama, originating in Italy, set to music. In an opera, most or all of the text is sung, using musical forms such as arias, songs, recitatives, duets, and choruses, with instrumental accompaniment. A few of the various subcategories of opera include heroic or grand opera, comedy opera and comic opera.
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opera A drama in which the text is set to music and staged. The texts of operas are sung, with singing and stage action nearly always given instrumental accompaniment. Many operas also feature instrumental interludes (called intermezzi) and dance scenes; even extended ballets that interrupt the action.
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musical stage drama that generally is sung throughout.
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opera house noun a building where musical dramas are performed
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Dramatic musical work in which singing takes the place of speech. In opera, the music accompanying the action is the main element, although dancing and spectacular staging may also play their parts. Opera originated in late 16th-century Florence when the musical declamation, lyrical monologues, a...
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A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
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theatrically staged story set to instrumental and vocal music such that most or all of the acted parts are sung. a drama set to music sung by singers usually in costume, with instrumental accompaninent; the music is integral and is not incidental.
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a drama set to music for soloists, chores and orchestra. opus
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A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
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A play in musical form. An art form in which singers and instrumentalists perform a dramatic work that unites a libretto (text) and a musical score in a theatrical setting.
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an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet. Cf. · the form or branch of musical and dramatic art represented by such compositions. · the score or the words of such a composition. · a performa...
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a play in which the words are sung to musical accompaniment.
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A drama set with music. Different than a play or musical for the orchestra is an equal partner with the singers. Literally the word opera is the plural of the Latin word opus, which means “work.” Like a play, an opera is acted on a stage, with costumes, wigs, scenery, etc. Almost all of it is sung, in contrast to an operetta or musical, where a...
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a staged drama set to music in its entirety, made up of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with orchestral overtures and interludes.
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