Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, related to, or typical of the opera.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, appropriate to, designed for, or resembling opera: as, an operatic air.
- Working; productive; operative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, suitable for, or resembling, the opera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, related to, or typical of
opera .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of opera
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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People are never equal to the romance of their youth in after life, except by fits, and Ferris especially could not keep himself at what he called the operatic pitch of their brief betrothal and the early days of their marriage.
A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878
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"Blackbird" (which is arguably not a love song) sung in operatic voice is a little out of bounds for me, but overall, von Otter and Mehldau's partnership is full of fresh ideas.
Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Oct. 26 Shawn Amos 2010
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In a second, tremendous picture, Domingo sits in operatic darkness; his eyes, with a tragic gleam, are the subject.
Julian Schnabel's Polaroids: 'Smoke and mirrors and happy accident' Kate Kellaway 2010
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The recurring themes in my work --explosion, velocity, spectacle--have an energy that might be termed "operatic."
Lesley Dill: Opera Chicks: Artists E.V. Day and Lesley Dill Interview Each Other About Opera Lesley Dill 2011
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The recurring themes in my work --explosion, velocity, spectacle--have an energy that might be termed "operatic."
Lesley Dill: Opera Chicks: Artists E.V. Day and Lesley Dill Interview Each Other About Opera Lesley Dill 2011
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"Blackbird" (which is arguably not a love song) sung in operatic voice is a little out of bounds for me, but overall, von Otter and Mehldau's partnership is full of fresh ideas.
Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for Oct. 26 Shawn Amos 2010
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He knew the repertoire, and his works abound in operatic references.
Archive 2007-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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There's been an interesting mini-trend in operatic directing in the past few months: updating 19th-century comic operas to World War II settings.
We'll Meet Again Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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There's been an interesting mini-trend in operatic directing in the past few months: updating 19th-century comic operas to World War II settings.
Archive 2007-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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He knew the repertoire, and his works abound in operatic references.
as a wagoner would his mudheeldy wheesindonk Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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