opera

英 [ˈɒprə]

美 [ˈɑːprə]

n. 歌剧; 歌剧剧本; 歌剧艺术; 歌剧团; 歌剧院
opus的复数

复数：operas　

Collins.3 / BNC.2984 / COCA.3851

牛津词典

noun

歌剧；歌剧剧本；歌剧艺术
a dramatic work in which all or most of the words are sung to music; works of this type as an art form or entertainment
1. Puccini's operas
  普契尼的歌剧
2. to go to the opera
  去看歌剧
3. an opera singer
  歌剧演员
4. light/grand opera
  轻 / 大歌剧
歌剧团；歌剧院
a company that performs opera ; a building in which operas are performed
1. the Vienna State Opera
  维也纳国家歌剧院

noun

This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.
这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。
I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden
我喜爱歌剧，去年我搞到几张科芬园皇家歌剧院的票。
After failing a singing audition at the Metropolitan Opera, she turned to musical comedy.
在大都会歌剧院的试唱失败后，她转而投身歌舞喜剧。
Regency Opera have scored something of a coup by persuading her to undertake the role.
雷根希歌剧院说服她扮演这一角色从而取得了巨大成功。
He was also learned in classical music with a great love of opera.
他还是个酷爱歌剧的古典音乐专家。
If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived
要是从来没看过歌剧，那就枉过此生了。
Josef Krips at the State Opera hired her in spite of the fact that she had never sung on stage
尽管她从未在舞台上演唱过，国家歌剧院的约瑟夫·克里普斯还是聘用了她。
In the opera he plays the part of an old fisherman.
他在戏里扮一位老渔翁。
He was a man of catholic tastes, a lover of grand opera, history and the fine arts.
他这个人兴趣广泛，大歌剧、历史、美术，无所不好。
Strauss spent much of 1941 scoring his last opera, Capriccio
施特劳斯用了1941年的大部分时间为自己的最后一部歌剧《随想曲》编写总谱。