Sentence examples for Opera from inspiring English sources
The word 'opera' is correct and widely used in written English
It is a noun that refers to a form of musical and dramatic entertainment that combines music, singing, acting, and sometimes dance. It originated in Italy in the 16th century and has evolved into different types, such as grand opera, comic opera, and chamber opera. One can use the word 'opera' in various contexts, such as: 1. The opera house was filled with an enthusiastic audience, eagerly awaiting the performance. 2. The local theatre company is putting on a production of Mozart's famous opera, "The Magic Flute." 3. I have always been a fan of classic operas, like Puccini's "La Boheme." 4. The soprano's powerful voice filled the opera hall, leaving the audience in awe. 5. The opera singer had to cancel her performance due to a sudden illness.
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A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
Don't get too depressed in the first stage and orchestra rehearsal, when you hear your favourite line has disappeared Enlightened opera house education departments and music academies occasionally offer short courses – such as the Jerwood opera-writing course run by Aldeburgh Music every four years – which pair up composers new to opera with writers keen to explore the genre.
His recent opera, Written on Skin, was recently performed at the Royal Opera House.
One was to stage Brundibár, a children's opera composed in 1941 by Hans Krása, invite a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross to see it, and let these distinguished guests be the judges of what they saw.
Sue Johnston, the acclaimed actor who formerly starred in the Liverpool soap opera Brookside, a long-term supporter of the Hillsborough families, read lyrics from the Beatles song In My Life to a rapt reception.
He has been a persistent hit-maker, with a pedigree that includes opera and Shakespeare as well as commercial successes such as Boeing-Boeing and Matilda.
But we can and will rebuild | Tristram Hunt Miliband, who quit as an MP when his brother beat him to the Labour leadership in 2010, said he would not be returning to British politics for now, but hinted he might be more involved in discussions about the future of Labour now that he is finally free of the soap opera surrounding him and his brother.
That should have been After Dido, a collaboration with English National Opera and the Young Vic, staged at the Young Vic.
Formerly known as Friends of the Italian Opera – after the codename for the mafia in Some Like It Hot – the theatre regularly stages classics by the likes of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Tennessee Williams and Alan Bennett, as well as inviting young writers to try out their works.
It's an excellent wee theatre, Milton Keynes, and not just because the authorities there are civilised enough to allow you to imbibe; a 1400-seater auditorium with a pit big enough to take a large orchestra (Welsh National Opera have toured Wozzeck here in the past), but with a Glyndebourne-esque sense of intimacy and immediacy.
Aboriginal celebrants on Sunday morning lit a fire at the Sydney Opera House before the flame, along with offerings from around the world, was carried aboard a boat.
Delaney had been taken to see Terence Rattigan's Variations on a Theme at Manchester's Opera House and came away convinced she could do better.
