opera house

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noun

a theater devoted chiefly to operas.

Older Use. a theater, especially a large, ornate one.

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Origin of opera house

First recorded in 1710–20

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They had the appearance of figures in a fantoccine, or men seen at the extremity of the opera-house, diminished into puppets.
Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803|Dorothy Wordsworth
Why should he enrich the haughty music publisher or the still haughtier intendant of the opera-house?
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
Then there was no Club-land, and the place for meeting everybody who was anybody was the opera-house.
Verdi: Man and Musician|Frederick James Crowest
This time we had the whole orchestra (that belongs to the opera-house, of course).
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)|Otto Jahn

He read the placards of the Opera; reminding himself of the day when it was the single Opera-house; and now we have two-or three.
One of Our Conquerors, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for opera house

opera house

noun

a theatre designed for opera

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opera house

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