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Opera House

Definition: Opera House

Opera House

Noun

1. Theater where opera is performed.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Opera House

Synonym: opera (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Opera house

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An opera house is a building where opera and other forms of performing arts are performed.

Famous opera houses include:

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

France

Germany

Italy

Mexico

Monaco

Spain

The Netherlands

United Kingdom

USA

See also: Theatre

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Opera house."

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Synonyms within Context: Opera House

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

The Drama

Theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini; marionettes, Punch and Judy.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Opera House

English words defined with "opera house": circle, Crush roomdress circleOpera box. (references)
Specialty definitions using "opera house": CARUSOPaper a House. (references)

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Modern Usage: Opera House

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Sounds more like it should be an opera house or something. (Breakfast at Tiffany's; writing credit: George Axelrod)

A perfect replica of the old opera house! But who cares? (The Fifth Element; writing credit: Luc Besson)

Oh, the flesh will be tearing at the opera house tonight. (Aeon Flux; writing credit: Mario Sábato)

Movie/TV Titles

Opera House (1961)

The Ballyskillen Opera House (1980)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Opera House

DomainTitle

Books

  • City Icons: Antoni Gaudi, Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia ; Warren and Wetmore, Grand Central Terminal ; Jorn Utzon, Sydney Opera House) (reference)

  • Jorn Utzon: Architect of the Sydney Opera House (reference)

  • Murder in the Opera House (reference)

  • OPERA HOUSE LOTTERY - Zaha Hadid and the Cardiff Bay Project (reference)

  • The Royal Opera House in the twentieth century (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bjork - Royal Opera House (reference)

  • Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Richard Bonynge, Sydney Opera House (reference)

  • Verdi - Rigoletto / Downes, Gavanelli, Schafer, Alvarez, Royal Opera House (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Opera House

Photos:
Opera House

More pictures...

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Photo Album: Opera House

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Harbor and Opera House from The Rocks, Sydney, Australia. Credit: CDC.

Opera House and ferry boat, Sydney, Australia. Credit: CDC.

Colored lithograph, after a sketch by L.W. Hastings, USN, published by Middleton, Strobridge & Co., Lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1864-65. The text below the image includes a list of Carondelet's engagements, from February 1862 to May 1864. Credit: NAVY.

Vienna. Opera house. Credit: Library of Congress.

Opera house block, west side of square, Hallettsville, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

French Opera House, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.

Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Berkshire Music Center, Lenox, Massachusetts. Opera house, entrance overhang. Credit: Library of Congress.

Morris Brothers' opera house, Boston / A. Trochsler & Co. lith., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress.

Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, O. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Opera House

SubjectTopicQuote

Travel

Egypt

A new line now runs from Tahrir Square passing by the Cairo Opera House and ending at Cairo University in Giza. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Opera House

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sydney opera house

408

baltimore lyrics opera house

17

opera house

186

granbury opera house

16

lyrics opera house

102

seattle opera house

16

goodspeed opera house

88

harrison opera house

13

detroit opera house

74

new york metropolitan opera house

13

metropolitan opera house

70

opera house australia

11

royal opera house

60

sydney opera house australia

11

paris opera house

57

springer opera house

11

spokane opera house

48

civic opera house

10

fulton opera house

43

italian opera house

4

grand opera house

37

tibbits opera house

4

picture of the sydney opera house

25

sydney opera house photo

4

newberry opera house

23

piper opera house

3

royal opera house covent garden

18

piper opera house

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Opera House

Language Translations for "opera house"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

teatër i operës. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

оперен театър, опера (opera). (various references)

   

Czech

  

opera (opera). (various references)

   

German

  

opernhaus. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θέατρο παραστάσεων όπερας. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

operaház. (various references)

   

Italian

  

teatro dell'opera. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

歌劇 , オプション取引 (medical operation, obelisk, oblisque, Omaha, omega, omelette, omelette rice, omit, omnibus, Omron Corporation, opaque, opcode, OPEC, opera, opera glasses, opera-comique, operand, operating, operating system, operating-system, operation, operation center, operation code, operational, operational amplifier, operations, operations research, operator, operetta, opossum, opportunism, opportunist, opposition party, optical, optical art, optimism, optimist, optimistic, optimize, optimizer, option dealing, option trading, option transaction, optoelectronics, OR, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OS). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か'きじょう, オペラハウス . (various references)

   

Manx

  

thie kiaulldramey. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

operaay ousehay

   

Portuguese

  

teatro de ópera (opera cloak), binóculo de teatro (lorica). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

operã (action, creation, deed, making, opera, work, writing), teatru de operã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

оперный театр (opera-house). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

opera (opera). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

teatro de la ópera (opera), ópera (opera). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

operahus. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

opera binası. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

оперний театр. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Opera House

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-o-o-p-r-s-u"

-2 letters: euphroes, oosphere.

-3 letters: euphroe, hoopers, operose, rehouse, reshape, uphroes.

-4 letters: ahorse, arouse, ashore, ephors, haeres, hearse, heroes, herpes, hoarse, hooper, hopers, houser, operas, ouphes, pareos, pareus, parous, pauser, peruse, pharos, phrase, porose, porous, poseur, posher, prahus, purees, pusher, raphes, repose, reseau, reshoe, rupees, rushee, sapour, serape, seraph, shaper, sherpa, soaper, spahee, sphere, uphroe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-o-o-p-r-s-u"
 

+4 letters: pneumatophores, pneumothoraces, pneumothoraxes.

 

+5 letters: amorphousnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Opera House


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 70 65 72 61      48 6F 75 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100001 00100000 01001000 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#112 &#101 &#114 &#97 &#32 &#72 &#111 &#117 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0070 0065 0072 0061      0048 006F 0075 0073 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

498271846724281878571

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
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Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
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Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;