Lexic.us

Definition of Operatic star

1. Noun. Singer of lead role in an opera.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Operatic Star

Literary usage of Operatic star

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Music in America by Frédéric Louis Ritter (1883)
"But however great an operatic star's vocal art may be, however right she may be in trying to preserve her vocal powers (this is a singer's great duty), ..."

2. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"It should be something simple that a boy would sing (not an operatic star); toward the end of the song his head drops, the lute slips from his hand, ..."

3. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"It should be something simple that a boy would sing (not an operatic star); toward the end of the song his head drops, the lute slips from his hand, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"I was to have the care of the child, while she was pursuing her career; that she believed she could become an operatic star. She said, if successful in her ..."

5. The Musical World (1875)
"... agent, and tool of the being called " The operatic star." Phis said " Star" has grown too big of late—has, in fact, swallowed up not only the sun and ..."

6. The Musical World (1851)
"BERLIN—The operatic star at present here is Roger, the French tenor, who, to use the expressive phraseology of your not over-well informed, ..."

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