scena

[ shey-nuh ]

/ ˈʃeɪ nə /

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noun

an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.

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Origin of scena

1810–20; <Italian: literally, scene

Words nearby scena

Sc.D., Sc.D.Hyg., Sc.D.Med., SCE, sceat, scena, scenario, scenarist, scend, scene, scene dock

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How to use scena in a sentence

Paganini's monocorde was nothing to it, for they 'll go through a whole scena of Donizetti with only one note in their voice.
Roland Cashel|Charles James Lever
A pair of overdressed Italian artists, extravagantly posturing to one another in some operatic scena.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume|Joseph Grego
Then rose up before me this great opera-house "scena" of the delivery.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various
The scena first appeared in print in the fall of 1805, when it was published in a collection made by Hoffmeister and Khnel.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Repeated mention is made in the letters of the year 1777, and afterwards, of a scena composed for Madame Duschek.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Otto Jahn

British Dictionary definitions for scena

scena

/ (ˈʃeɪnə) /

noun plural -ne (-ˌneɪ)

a scene in an opera, usually longer than a single aria

a dramatic vocal piece written in operatic style

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