grand opera in British English
noun
an opera that has a serious plot and is entirely in musical form, with no spoken dialogue
grand opera in American English
opera, generally on a serious theme, in which the whole text is set to music
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Word lists withgrand opera
Types of composition- to play for time
- to play games (with sb)
- to play god
- to play golf
- to play gooseberry
- to play handball
- to play happy families
- to play hard to get
- to play havoc play havoc with sth/wreak havoc on sth
- to play havoc with or wreak havoc on sth
- to play hide-and-seek
- to play hooky
- to play host play host to sth/sb
- to play into sb's hands
- to play into someone's hands
- to play it by ear
- to play (it) safe
- to play on sb's mind
- to play safe play it safe
- to play second fiddle
- to play skittles
- to play the field
- to play the fool to act the fool
- to play the innocent
- to play the market