the opera

noun

: an opera performance or opera performances

Have you ever been to the opera?

I enjoy going to the opera.

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And, yes, the best versions of the songs may be those that spring free of the opera, including Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s deeply personal account and a later one by Ray Charles and Cleo Laine. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 On Saturday nights after performing at the opera, all 25 ballet classmates would end up back at a friend’s house for a sleepover. — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026 Adapted from George Saunders 2017 Booker Prize-winning novel, the opera follows the death of President Abraham Lincoln’s young son, Willie, and the President’s grief after his tragic passing. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 Both in the opera and by contemporary accounts, Abraham entered his son’s crypt and had the casket opened on multiple occasions in the days after Willie died. — Neal Goren, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the opera

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