How to Use the opera in a Sentence

the opera

noun

• Wear it anywhere from the park to the opera, and look as sharp as a tack.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
• In the opera, the quest for knowledge takes over the darkness of what happened.
  — James Bash | , oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
• The lecture will be free for members of the opera guild and JCC, and $10 for non-members.
  — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
• But as the opera's plot goes, Bird, as he's known, questions whether his life's work is enough.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
• The prologue to the opera had been an argument among the gods of Fortune, Virtue and Love.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• The Goodspeed is holding a book signing event for Holmes at the opera house on May 8.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2024
• Kate joins the growing list of celebrities who have leaned into the opera glove trend.
  — Town & Country, 19 Feb. 2023
• When the opera was over, the audience in the House for Mozart applauded the cast heartily.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Aug. 2023
• Bring the crew, a picnic, blanket and chairs for drama under the stars as the opera streams live on a big screen.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• This isn’t about forcing yourself to go to the opera when an aria only gives you a headache (or puts you to sleep).
  — Theresa Tamkins, SELF, 3 May 2024
• In the book, Statman recounts one man whose mom loves the opera but always buys the cheap tickets.
  — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
• Going to a show, a road trip, a restaurant, people watching at the opera.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• There are four more performances of the opera over the next two weeks, and tickets are available at www.operasj.org.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
• And one of her many goals is to make sure the public sees a night at the opera as fun and exciting as going to prom.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
• My father worked at Teatro alla Scala, the opera house in Milan.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• The metaphor applies to the opera’s theme of fate but also the production itself, which starts off shaky and winds up in a ditch.
  — Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024
• This included hallways, next to the violins, in the middle of the horn section and on the opera singers.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• As a result, the opera house was forced to borrow money from the UK government and cut costs.
  — Sabah Meddings, Fortune Europe, 4 May 2024
• Even the striking outfits and headpieces that symbolize the spread of cholera were drawn from the opera’s setting.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• This scene was also dramatized in the opera, in flashback.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• Whoever nabs the coveted spot will get to sleep at the opera house on July 16.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
• But, as Carpenter points out, there is more to the composer than plodding plot lines and marathon nights at the opera house.
  — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2024
• The official title of the opera making its U.S. premiere next week is Last Days.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
• Couples walk their dogs under the blossoms in the city’s sprawling parks and botanic gardens, and teenagers use the front steps of the opera house as a skate ramp.
  — WIRED, 25 July 2023
• Airbnb is hosting a very special overnight stay at the historic Palais Garnier in Paris, the opera house where Phantom is set.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, the money that Mrs. Russell has spent on this dinner all because of a box at the opera is insane.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
• But over recent years, the opera and ballet companies housed in it have become much more.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2023
• In the 1880s, the opera was the center of the upper crust’s social scene: People would dress in their finest gowns and tiaras and then head to the arts center for a night of live performance.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
• On only a few days' notice, and having never before sung the opera, Ms. Scotto agreed to stand in.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• Part of the opera’s intrigue is how the two events — a horrific one in the past, and what promises to be a joyous occasion as the opera begins — are linked.
  — Georgia Rowe, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024