opera house
noun
: a theater devoted principally to the performance of operas
broadly : theater
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The opulence of the banks and department stores, the culture of the theaters and opera house – especially in the predominantly Jewish district of Leopoldstadt – inevitably stirred deep resentment. 
Jonathan Bate, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022 In the center of Stonington is the town’s opera house, built in 1912. Howard Fishman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 The building at 20 Greenwoods Road West in Norfolk was built as an opera house in 1883 and also housed a barber shop and saloon. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022 These farm-scene panels were studies for a theater backdrop at the Long Beach, California, opera house, which was destroyed in an earthquake in the 1930s. Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022 It was built in 1935 to replace the old City Hall and opera house building that burned down in 1933. Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 Piazza Trieste e Trento is in the heart of Naples, with the Royal Palace and opera house, the Teatro San Carlo, in pride of place. Julia Buckley, CNN, 22 July 2022 Three days out from a spinal surgery, Gelb has appeared at the opera house to make a preshow speech, thanking audience members for their support. New York Times, 13 June 2022 Giving Back: The Harpers Ferry headquarters has served as an auto repair garage, private school, opera house, and a meeting place for a 32-man cooking club and holds a photo archive of every visiting hiker since 1979. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 See More
Jonathan Bate, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022 In the center of Stonington is the town’s opera house, built in 1912. Howard Fishman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 The building at 20 Greenwoods Road West in Norfolk was built as an opera house in 1883 and also housed a barber shop and saloon. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022 These farm-scene panels were studies for a theater backdrop at the Long Beach, California, opera house, which was destroyed in an earthquake in the 1930s. Rhonda Reinhart, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022 It was built in 1935 to replace the old City Hall and opera house building that burned down in 1933. Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 Piazza Trieste e Trento is in the heart of Naples, with the Royal Palace and opera house, the Teatro San Carlo, in pride of place. Julia Buckley, CNN, 22 July 2022 Three days out from a spinal surgery, Gelb has appeared at the opera house to make a preshow speech, thanking audience members for their support. New York Times, 13 June 2022 Giving Back: The Harpers Ferry headquarters has served as an auto repair garage, private school, opera house, and a meeting place for a 32-man cooking club and holds a photo archive of every visiting hiker since 1979. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 See More Word History
First Known Use
1720, in the meaning defined above