opera house

noun

: a theater devoted principally to the performance of operas
broadly : theater

Examples of opera house in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The children had just been told that the Costanzi, the capital’s opera house, had a resident phantom. Elisabetta Povoledo Alessandro Penso, New York Times, 13 May 2024 The State Theatre Oldenburg’s imposing 18th-century opera house is the epic location where the festival holds its centerpiece premieres, as well the opening and closing ceremonies. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for opera house 

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Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of opera house was in 1720

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“Opera house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opera%20house. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

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