adjective
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of or relating to opera
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histrionic or exaggerated
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It shares the operatic maximalism of Faena’s hotels in Buenos Aires and Miami, and has drawn glitzy guests who pay at least $1,395 for a room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The production operates like an operatic graphic novel and live animated film charmingly all in one.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
She went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, and made her operatic debut and breakthrough role as a last minute stand-in as the character Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1975.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Austrian vocalist Johannes Pietsch, known as JJ, triumphed at Basel in 2025 with his operatic song "Wasted Love".
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
When he had finished all the operatic numbers, he stopped.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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