scena
[shey-nuh]
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noun
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
Origin of scena
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Do you know, I think that it would be an excellent locale for the scena.
The Young DukeBenjamin Disraeli
Fragments of the travertine substructions of the scena still remain.
Old RomeRobert Burn
The scena was again burnt in the beginning of the reign of Titus, who restored it again.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.Plutarch
When this letter reaches you, dear sister, my opera will be in scena, dear sister.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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
scena
noun plural -ne (-ˌneɪ)
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