grand opera
nounDefinition of grand opera
: opera in which the plot is serious or tragic and the entire text is set to music
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There were moments when his powerful voice proved too much for the arena’s amplification system more suited to broadcasting scores for sporting events or a circus than grand opera. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "When Pavarotti brought his larger-than-life voice to Baltimore," 20 June 2019 Her silky mezzo voice had the heft to parody grand opera, and her divinely expressive face carried over-the-top theatrics with no self-consciousness. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Odyssey Opera’s ‘La belle Hélène’ has flair, flaws," 17 June 2019 Facchinetti has created some 90 or so incredible and incredibly intricate costumes for a new production of the Italian composer’s five-act 1867 grand opera which will open Saturday at the Theater St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland. — Mark Holgate, Vogue, "Alessandra Facchinetti’s Incredibly Lavish Costumes for Verdi’s Don Carlo Are Operatic Couture," 27 Oct. 2018 In Germany, the decor, the spectacular use of great masses of people—the central myth itself was borrowed from grand opera. — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, "2 New Reasons to Binge-Watch Orson Welles Arrive on Netflix," 2 Nov. 2018 His voice is sort of a rest cure from the truck-driver singing of grand opera, with superb diction and natural vocal elegance that should be an excellent fit with Schubert’s great song cycle. — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, "7 days of things to do in Philadelphia from March 18 to 24," 15 Mar. 2018 Her 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto and her grand opera Cold Mountain were relatively easy sailing. — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, "Philly composer Jennifer Higdon's new concerto didn't come easy - but they never do," 14 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grand opera.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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