opera house
Americannoun
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a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
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Older Use. a theater, especially a large, ornate one.
noun
Etymology
Origin of opera house
First recorded in 1710–20
Example Sentences
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Just for openers, he could ponder why a world-class opera house has started slipping into provincial status.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Venice's prestigious La Fenice opera house has sacked its incoming music director Beatrice Venezi, months before she was supposed to take up the position.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The man behind "Jaws" and "Saving Private Ryan" told a South by Southwest audience in Austin, Texas that communal artistic experiences — from cinema to the opera house — must be preserved.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
But only a short walk away, at the world’s most storied opera house, all that fanfare fades into Wagnerian gloom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
For a good part of the eighteenth and all of the nineteenth century, the populist, light, tuneful Italian style of opera was what most people went to an opera house for.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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