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Definition of Opera star
1. Noun. Singer of lead role in an opera.
Specialized synonyms: Diva, Prima Donna
Generic synonyms: Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opera Star
Literary usage of Opera star
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Classic Poems: Contemporary Verse that Rhymes : an Anthology / Compiled by McAlister, Neil Harding, 1952-, Day, Jonathan (2005)
"She really wanted to sing and dance — Become a great opera star. ... She took up
the stage like an opera star, Proceeded to take off her clothes, ..."
2. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"BEAUTIFUL star ! on each opera night, Watching with wonder your diamonds bright,
And hearing your cadences echo afar, I envy your fortune, fair opera star— ..."
3. Success in Music and how it is Won by Henry Theophilus Finck, Ignace Jan Paderewski (1909)
"... comic gifts (which had been developed by her performances in Hamburg), and
this, no doubt, had suggested her engagement as a comic-opera star. ..."
4. Freedom of Speech by Zechariah Chafee (1920)
"Ordinance prohibiting German opera: Star Opera Co. v. Hylan, 109 NY Misc.
132 (1919). Libel in war controversy: Van ..."
5. Prima Donnas and Soubrettes of Light Opera and Musical Comedy in America by Lewis Clinton Strang (1900)
"Fay Templeton was fifteen years old when she became a recognized light opera star
of national reputation. She was the original in this country and the ..."
6. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"A year later she was the Italian opera star at the Vienna Grand Opera-House, and
after that toured the capitals of Russia, Prussia, France, ..."
7. The Stage in the Twentieth Century: Third Volume by Robert Grau (1912)
"... chesi told her that she had every essential for a grand opera star. During her
second year in Paris she was offered several engagements, ..."
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