chamber opera

noun

1. an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.

Example Sentences

Los Angeles is in the midst of a de facto chamber opera festival with productions across the region tackling the social and political issues of the moment.

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Right now it’s pouring chamber opera.

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February has, in fact, been something of an ad-hoc L.A. chamber opera festival.

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Last week alone, four premieres around town created an atmospheric river of chamber opera and opera-like works, home-grown and imported.

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Better known for reinvention than status quo, L.A. is, in fact, a chamber opera town of renown.

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