staged
adjective
adapted for or produced on the stage.
unstaged
-
a word derived from
staged.
Example Sentences
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“Hercules,” with a secular story drawn from Greek mythology, is nominally an oratorio—it was unstaged at its London premiere and carries a moral lesson—but it is highly theatrical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
George Frideric Handel wrote some 42 operas across his career — his unstaged oratorios such as “Messiah” constitute a separate category — but Seattle Opera has presented only three of these to date.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
The octogenarian Schnebel was in the audience – as was David Sawer, whose Flesh and Blood, a new BBC commission, is a dramatic scene for two singers: it is unstaged, but performed in costume.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2013
The Washington National Opera several years ago postponed plans for a unified “Ring” cycle indefinitely and presented only an unstaged version of the final installment, “Götterdämmerung,” this season.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2010
It had been an unstaged, unconscious demonstration of nerve and grit and it proved beyond all question the capacity of American artillerymen to stand by the guns.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons
