opening night

noun

: the evening when something (such as a play or concert) is performed in front of an audience for the first time

I have tickets for opening night.

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Earlier this year the Brooklyn Museum mounted the exhibition Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, featuring over 100 works by black artists, and drawing a host of glitterati to the opening night party. —

Rima Suqi, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 Weatherspoon, who was fired by the Chicago Sky in September, will face her former star player in Angel Reese and the Rose basketball club on opening night, while Stewart and Collier will go head-to-head after facing each other in the WNBA Finals. —

Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024 The Utah Hockey Club generated the highest retail sales on its opening night of any hockey team this season, including the Florida Panthers, the 2023-24 Stanley Cup champions, according to the Utah Hockey Club. —

Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024 The Jeddah festival’s opening night gala screening will be Karim Shenawi’s The Tale of Daye’s Family. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for opening night