grand opera
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grand opera
First recorded in 1795–1805
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“Siegfried” is a grotesque coming-of-age tale, comic and terrifying by turns; “Götterdämmerung” expands into grand opera, with public reckonings and collective catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
As a story ballet, “Like Water for Chocolate” functions almost like a French grand opera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
She saw a timeless human story that had been ignored for too long, worthy of the grand opera treatment.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The man in those pictures is the same man who was fascinated by Italian grand opera.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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