operatic
Example Sentences
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The first, “The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit,” seemed to take zaniness to outlandish operatic extremes, which led to the orchestra commissioning the next three.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
You would have to go back to Handel’s 42 operas, Mozart’s 22 or Verdi’s oeuvre for operatic equivalence.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The 70th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Vienna in May 2026, after the Austrian singer JJ won the 2025 competition with his operatic ballad, Wasted Love.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
La Scala is still involved with the Olympics—just not in a full-blown operatic fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
‘Will the sun forget to streak?’ is no hysterical outburst of operatic tragedy, nor is it a plaint of sentimental, self-indulgent misery.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
