English Explanatory Dictionary

grand opera

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of 19th-century opera characterized by large-scale casts and orchestras, and lavish and spectacular design and stage effects, normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events.

Word forms

grand opera grand operas

Etymology

Borrowed from French grand opéra.

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