grand opera

Mrs. Stuart had visited Egypt before, but to Grace it was like a glimpse of grand-opera land, a scene from "Aida."

“Mr. Fairfax is giving a luncheon for two of the grand-opera people,” she explained.

Here, the lady must be no less a personage than a grand-opera singer or a premire danseuse.

Stella Wing, who would have been a grand-opera star except for her drive to know everything about language.