opera house

noun

: a theater devoted principally to the performance of operas
broadly : theater

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It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris opened. Elliott Verdier, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 But, forty years ago, such work was widely judged to be beneath the dignity of the élite firms that design opera houses and win prizes. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 Innsbruck, Austria: Futuristic architecture rubs shoulders with centuries-old opera houses in this picture-perfect ski town. Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 The film, now streaming on Netflix, is mapped with flashbacks showing snapshots of her stardom; performing at La Scala and other opera houses around the world, adored by millions, and her private life, named being wooed by shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for opera house 

Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of opera house was in 1720

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“Opera house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opera%20house. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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