scena
Americannoun
noun
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a scene in an opera, usually longer than a single aria
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a dramatic vocal piece written in operatic style
Etymology
Origin of scena
1810–20; < Italian: literally, scene
Example Sentences
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Each scena could stand alone, but each benefits from the other, and from the shared thread of commanding performances.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2015
Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Millot Véronique Gens has recorded Les Nuits d'Eté before, in 2001 for Virgin Classics, as part of an all-Berlioz disc alongside the early scena, La Mort de Cléopatre.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2012
Some of them are obscene in one literal sense of that word--from ob scena, Latin for offstage--the sights to be kept from the view of the audience.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think I have hit upon something good in Herod's scena and air with the soothsayers; it is full of character, and will, I hope, please you.
From Musicians of To-Day by Mary Blaiklock
On the evening Aunt Louisa's song scena was the success of the show.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
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