opera

Meaning

Noun

• A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
• The score for such a work.
• A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
• A company dedicated to performing such works.
• Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.
• Plural of opus; a collection of work.

Origin

• Image:Palais Garnier.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Opéra Garnier in Paris
• Borrowed from Italian opera. oeuvre, and ure.
• From Latin opera, plural of opus.