opera

• n. オペラ; オペラハウス; オペラ?カンパニー
• n. （オペラ）人名；（イタリア語）オペラ座

イタリア語のopera、作曲、構成、オペラ、ラテン語のoperari、仕事、労働、創造、opus、オペラと同じ語源から。

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.

1. The following year she joined the Royal Opera House.

翌年、彼女はロイヤルオペラハウスに加入した。

2.Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.

若い指揮者たちが小さなバンドや小さなオペラハウスで頭角を現している。

3.The opera lacks the polish of his later work.

このオペラは晩期の作品には及ばない。

4.I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden.

私はオペラが好きで、去年はコフィン?ロイヤル?オペラハウスのチケットを何枚か手に入れました。

5.The opera is due to be premiered by ENO next year.

このオペラは来年、英国国立オペラハウスで初演される。