单词 | operatics |
释义 | operaticsn. The production or performance of operas. Also in extended use: exaggerated or histrionic behaviour. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > singing of other music operatics1845 folk-singing1907 lieder-singing1937 pop singing1945 torch singing1947 protest-singing1966 rapping1979 MC-ing1984 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > opera operatics1845 tiara night1900 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 172 We are sure a large opera-house would do—with more inducements to foreign subordinates, more enterprise to procure visits from the Parisian and London operatics [etc.]. 1907 N. Munro Daft Days xvi. 142 He says he could never die a Christian death if he had to listen to them at their operatics through the wall. 1920 Punch 10 Mar. 197/1 Operatics. It has been suggested before now that Opera might be improved if the singing were done behind the scenes and the performance on the stage were carried out in dumb show by competent actors. 1965 19th-cent. Fiction 20 287 The juvenile operatics of Tom Sawyer's ‘evasion’ in the last chapters of the novel..demote Jim from a human being to a caricature. 2000 Rolling Stone 12 Oct. 86 Her closely miked voice..abandons her recent Evita-schooled operatics for a spontaneous yelp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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