opera company
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- noun
- /ˈɑːpərə ˈkʌmpəni/
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compañía de ópera
- The arts district includes a symphony, ballet, an opera company, a theater, and the Portland Museum of Art.
- orchestras and opera company
But why should we subsidized opera companies, museums, artists, performance spaces, independent film makers and photographers?
- But why should we subsidized opera companies, museums, artists, performance spaces, independent film makers and photographers?
Examples
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Let's see, the last I heard she was touring the provinces with an opera company.
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"If an opera company can make community work," he said, "anyone can make community work."
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It's about an American opera company going to Moscow to perform Porgy and Bess.
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Chorus singers can earn tenure, affording lifetime job security, as can solo singers who stay with one opera company for fifteen years.
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One of the upsides of being a regional opera company is that we don't engage opera's superstars!
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Chicago is a legitimate center of high culture, with a world-class symphony and opera company, a thriving theater scene, a well-known music scene, and excellence in the culinary arts.
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Gala performances are all well and fine, but the true measure of an opera company lies in how it chooses, casts, and produces the core repertory of a season.
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The Metropolitan Opera is one of the most famous opera companies in the world.
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She works as a soprano for a local opera company that performs classic operas every season.
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With a talented cast and crew, the new opera company is ready to debut its first production next month.
Synonyms
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A group of actors, dancers, or other performers who work together
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organization that produces and performs operas' is directly derivable from combining 'opera' (a staged sung work) with 'company' (a troupe or organization that produces performances). This straightforward noun‑noun composition is cross‑linguistically common and follows regular compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Opera company joins opera (a musical play with singing) with company (an old word for a group of actors or musicians who perform together). So opera company simply means 'a group or organization that puts on and performs operas'.