opera house

noun

1. a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
2. Older Use. a theater, especially a large, ornate one.

opera house

noun

1. a theatre designed for opera

Word History and Origins

Origin of opera house¹

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

The stormy opening of Verdi’s Otello combines crashing cymbals with a low sustained organ cluster that rumbles through an enormous opera house for a very long time.

From Nautilus

With cases rising in Austria since late August, no one knows how long the opera house will stay open.

From Vox

One beginning that amused him takes place at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

From The Daily Beast

It has always featured the very best voices and employed the most sophisticated stagecraft of any opera house.

From The Daily Beast

Larger than Mariupol, it boasts an opera house and theater but most stores downtown are closed and few people walk the streets.

From The Daily Beast

And I thought I should come back one day to do a giant walk over the Sydney Cove from the Opera House to the top of the bridge.

From The Daily Beast

This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.

From The Daily Beast

That you did not steal from her house by a secret passage, on the night of the destruction of the opera-house?

From Project Gutenberg

He was about five years older than Tchaikovsky, and had held the post of cellist at the Opera House since the age of fifteen.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Monterey, of the Centerport Opera House, was in a seat down in front that evening.

From Project Gutenberg

The opera had a great success, and remained in the repertory of the Kiev Opera House throughout the entire season.

From Project Gutenberg

Those who have received the benediction are instantly away to the Opera House or the wood of Boulogne.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• concert hall
• music hall
• opera