opera

英 ['?p(?)r?] 美['ɑpr?]

CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞核心詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?operas;形容詞:?operatic;

opera 歌劇

來自意大利語opera,音樂創(chuàng)作，作曲，歌劇，來自拉丁語operari,工作，勞作，創(chuàng)作，詞源同opus,operate.后用于指歌劇。

opera (n.): "a drama sung" [Klein], 1640s, from Italian opera, literally "a work, labor, composition," from Latin opera "work, effort" (Latin plural regarded as feminine singular), secondary (abstract) noun from operari "to work," from opus (genitive operis) "a work" (see opus). Defined in "Elson's Music Dictionary" as, "a form of musical composition evolved shortly before 1600, by some enthusiastic Florentine amateurs who sought to bring back the Greek plays to the modern stage."
No good opera plot can be sensible. ... People do not sing when they are feeling sensible. [W.H. Auden, 1961]
As a branch of dramatic art, it is attested from 1759. First record of opera glass "small binoculars for use at the theater" is from 1738. Soap opera is first recorded 1939, as a disparaging reference to daytime radio dramas sponsored by soap manufacturers.

2. Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.: 年輕的指揮家們?cè)谛逢?duì)或小歌劇院里嶄露頭角。

4. I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden.: 我喜愛歌劇，去年我搞到幾張科芬園皇家歌劇院的票。

5. The opera is due to be premiered by ENO next year.: 這部歌劇將于明年在英國(guó)國(guó)家歌劇院首演。