opera house

noun

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

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As journalist Rupert Christiansen has deftly noted, Louis Napoléon’s reign could be defined by newness: new buildings, new streets, new parks, new sewers, new monuments, new libraries, new bridges, anchored by an all-new opera house, and all at the behest of Louis’s right-hand man, Baron Haussmann. Jennifer Dasal july 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025 The protean facility also serves as an opera house, community library, and meeting place. ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025 In the early 1900s, the center of Cairo was the cultural heart of the city, with an opera house, gardens and elegant hotels such as the Grand Continental and the Shepheard, which catered to royals, aristocrats and the wealthy. Kathleen Beckett, New York Times, 20 May 2025 Works featured during Cincinnati Opera’s 2025 Summer Festival – Rigoletto, Tosca, Fiddler on the Roof – received premieres in NYC opera houses or theaters. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for opera house

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 29 Jul. 2025.

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