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Definition of Grand opera
1. Noun. Opera in which all the text is sung.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grand Opera
Literary usage of Grand opera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Am grand opera. See Opera Grand Rapids, Michigan Another woman's view of preparedness.
Outlook 112:892-3 Ap 19 '16 Graham, Stephen, ..."
2. The Bookman (1910)
"FROM CHARIVARI OF LEIPZIG grand opera IN COMIC ART O matter how much one [ insists
that grand opera is as old as the hills, or nearly, there will always ..."
3. The Victor Book of the Opera: Stories of Seventy Grand Operas with Three by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1912)
"In former years merely the pastime of the well-to-do in New York City and vicinity,
grand opera is now enjoyed for its own sake by millions of hearers ..."
4. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"THE grand opera BY BILLY BAXTER Well, I decided to get into my class, so I started
for the smoking-room. I hadn't gone three feet till some woman held me up ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"theaters built for the production of grand opera, and hence the number of
performances must be limited. This makes the composer's receipts small in ..."
6. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"The few Russian guns taken testified not only to the scarcity of arms, but to
the orderliness of THE grand opera HOUSE IN WARSAW This .great building, ..."
7. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1838)
"Paris—Street Cries—St. Roch—The Boulevards—Parisian Lodgings—Manner of Living—The
grand opera— Taglioni—The Public Gardens—The Guinguettes— Dancing, ..."
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