opera

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
2. (countable, uncountable)The score for such a work.
3. (countable, uncountable)The genre of such works, the art of composing operas.
4. (countable, uncountable)A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.

   ““I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"”

5. (countable, uncountable)A company dedicated to performing such works.
6. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
7. (form-of, plural)plural of opus; a collection of work.