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grand opera

noun

  1. a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.


grand opera

noun

  1. an opera that has a serious plot and is entirely in musical form, with no spoken dialogue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grand opera1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

Here were all the trappings of grand opera and none of the substance.

Then again, not much opera was actually presented in these grand opera houses, rather Gilbert and Sullivan, music revues of all sorts and straight theater.

Among the grandest of grand operas, “Turandot” is a demanding enterprise.

Like the United States, Egypt did not have a permanent national-scale ballet company until the 1950s, although it had a grand opera house in Cairo.

When the company was first formed, there was much talk about whether Los Angeles had an appetite for grand opera.

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