scena

[ shey-nuh ]

/ ˈʃeɪ nə /

noun

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

Nearby words

sce, sceat, sceatta, scedosporium apiospermum, scelp, scena, scenario, scenarist, scend, scene, scene dock

Origin of scena

1810–20; < Italian: literally, scene

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Examples from the Web for scena

The scena ends with a stretto, a concluding passage taken in more rapid tempo in order to enhance the effect.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
Its scena is of rather irregular shape, and borders one of the narrow ends of the agora.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various
The scena was again burnt in the reign of Philippus and a third time restored.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch
Tomorrow the grand rehearsal takes place, and on the 13th my opera is to be in scena.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Fragments of the travertine substructions of the scena still remain.
Old Rome|Robert Burn

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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