opera

  1. Noun.  (music) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
  2. Noun.  (music) The score for such a work.
  3. Noun.  A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
  4. Noun.  A company dedicated to performing such works.
  5. Noun.  (context, by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
  6. Noun.  A collection of work (plural of opus).

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