Definition of grand opera in English:

grand opera

noun

1An opera on a serious theme in which the entire libretto (including dialogue) is sung.
（题材严肃，全部歌词包括对话都是唱出的）大歌剧
Example sentencesExamples
- The people love their cities - the concerts in the park in summer, the grand operas, the canals along the promenade where children sail gaily colored toy boats.
- Though it is not a grand opera, it is by no means a weak work and when Handel presented in Dublin (in concert form as a serenata) it went down a storm.
- Though Zhang has never directed a ballet before, he has crossed over into different performing art forms on other projects, as in 1997 and 1998, when he directed the grand opera Turandot in Italy and in Beijing's Forbidden City.
- The festival has staged everything from grand operas to modern Broadway and West End shows and has also provided a forum for original shows.
- Although Der Cid has elements in common with Lohengrin, it can stand independently as one of the most remarkable German grand operas of the day.
- In 1927 Sauguet also started to work on his first grand opera La Chartreuse de Parme, based on Stendhal's great novel, which he was not to finish until 1936.
- The director is John Caird, whose experience in the ‘straight’ theatre encourages him to give an unusually uncluttered, economical and direct account of this grandest of grand operas.
- It is only the first of the delights of this enjoyable set that Carmen is here restored as a grand opera.
- Donizetti had already written two grand operas for Paris, Les Martyrs and La Favorite, but Dom Sébastien is his grandest and longest (four hours, including intervals, at Covent Garden).
- Verdi originally conceived it as a grand opera in French for Paris, in 1855, with a libretto by Scribe and Duveyrier.
- The opera laid the historical groundwork for Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina and a host of ensuing historically-based Russian grand operas.
- This opera certainly deserves to be performed more than it is, although its length as a grand opera probably gives companies pause.
- What appealed to you enough about Columbus to write two grand operas about him?
- Within two years he produced his first grand opera, Rienzi.
- The rest of the set is full of party pieces with exhilarating recordings of the Bizet suites, overtures by Hérold, Auber, Thomas and the obligatory ballet music by Gounod and Berlioz from the grand operas.
- He later likened taking the post to becoming ‘the impresario of a two-billion-dollar grand opera with thousands of temperamental stars in all walks of life.’
- It has all the elements of a grand opera with a historically spectacular plot, good characterization, some memorable musical moments and taxing roles for its main characters.
1. 1.1mass noun The genre of grand opera.
  大歌剧流派
  Example sentencesExamples
  He is a research specialist in nineteenth-century French grand opera.
  Maybe, as in grand opera or sports broadcasting, we need to wave our hands around a lot.
  Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus goes from grand opera to a personal quest for fulfilment.
  Dvoák stayed with the theatre orchestra until the summer of 1871, acquiring a solid knowledge of French grand opera, operetta, Verdi, and Mozart.
  Like all composers of French grand opera, Halévy aimed to please with a total entertainment on a lavish scale.
  Grand opera - even Wagnerian grand opera - deals in large, as opposed to detailed, meanings.
  The music was ‘very plain, with a colloquial flavor,’ he wrote, ‘closer to musical theater than to grand opera.’
  The new theatre (by Barry) opened in 1858 has been the principal home in England of grand opera.
  Other notable masters of 19th century bel-canto and grand opera are Bellini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Gounod and Massenet.
  A strong revisionist case is at last being made for Parisian grand opera, which triumphed in circumstances where Berlioz and Wagner signally failed.
  An exciting development in recent musical scholarship is the proper revaluation of French grand opera.
  There is a lot of grand opera and a lot of West End musical but not much in the middle ground.
  With an audience of more than 100 visitors, the choir of 40 voices sang a medley of songs ranging from grand opera to Negro Spirituals and Welsh hymns.
  The ensuing scene with the vassals is pure 19th century grand opera and comes over very well, helped by the superb Bayreuth chorus and Brinkmann's strong Hagen.
  Their repertoire covers everything from grand opera to show tunes and folk songs.
  The selections run the gamut from folk song through musical theatre to grand opera.
  After all, it's directed by Ian Talbot, who has done everything from grand opera to Royal Shakespeare Company blockbusters, and he has already told her that she has both stage presence and good timing.
  Wagner's last opera is heavy with guilt, redemption and magic, and by the end of the first act I was ready to dismiss it as so much religious mumbo-jumbo dressed up in the ludicrous conventions of grand opera.
  Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century?
  A Juilliard graduate, she seems capable of taking on any role or style, from cabaret to grand opera.

Definition of grand opera in US English:

grand opera

nounɡrand ˈäp(ə)rəɡrænd ˈɑp(ə)rə

1An opera on a serious theme in which the entire libretto (including dialogue) is sung.
（题材严肃，全部歌词包括对话都是唱出的）大歌剧
Example sentencesExamples
- Although Der Cid has elements in common with Lohengrin, it can stand independently as one of the most remarkable German grand operas of the day.
- The rest of the set is full of party pieces with exhilarating recordings of the Bizet suites, overtures by Hérold, Auber, Thomas and the obligatory ballet music by Gounod and Berlioz from the grand operas.
- The director is John Caird, whose experience in the ‘straight’ theatre encourages him to give an unusually uncluttered, economical and direct account of this grandest of grand operas.
- In 1927 Sauguet also started to work on his first grand opera La Chartreuse de Parme, based on Stendhal's great novel, which he was not to finish until 1936.
- The opera laid the historical groundwork for Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina and a host of ensuing historically-based Russian grand operas.
- Within two years he produced his first grand opera, Rienzi.
- The festival has staged everything from grand operas to modern Broadway and West End shows and has also provided a forum for original shows.
- This opera certainly deserves to be performed more than it is, although its length as a grand opera probably gives companies pause.
- Though Zhang has never directed a ballet before, he has crossed over into different performing art forms on other projects, as in 1997 and 1998, when he directed the grand opera Turandot in Italy and in Beijing's Forbidden City.
- Donizetti had already written two grand operas for Paris, Les Martyrs and La Favorite, but Dom Sébastien is his grandest and longest (four hours, including intervals, at Covent Garden).
- The people love their cities - the concerts in the park in summer, the grand operas, the canals along the promenade where children sail gaily colored toy boats.
- Though it is not a grand opera, it is by no means a weak work and when Handel presented in Dublin (in concert form as a serenata) it went down a storm.
- It has all the elements of a grand opera with a historically spectacular plot, good characterization, some memorable musical moments and taxing roles for its main characters.
- Verdi originally conceived it as a grand opera in French for Paris, in 1855, with a libretto by Scribe and Duveyrier.
- He later likened taking the post to becoming ‘the impresario of a two-billion-dollar grand opera with thousands of temperamental stars in all walks of life.’
- It is only the first of the delights of this enjoyable set that Carmen is here restored as a grand opera.
- What appealed to you enough about Columbus to write two grand operas about him?
1. 1.1 The genre of grand opera.
  大歌剧流派
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dvoák stayed with the theatre orchestra until the summer of 1871, acquiring a solid knowledge of French grand opera, operetta, Verdi, and Mozart.
  After all, it's directed by Ian Talbot, who has done everything from grand opera to Royal Shakespeare Company blockbusters, and he has already told her that she has both stage presence and good timing.
  The music was ‘very plain, with a colloquial flavor,’ he wrote, ‘closer to musical theater than to grand opera.’
  He is a research specialist in nineteenth-century French grand opera.
  Grand opera - even Wagnerian grand opera - deals in large, as opposed to detailed, meanings.
  The new theatre (by Barry) opened in 1858 has been the principal home in England of grand opera.
  A strong revisionist case is at last being made for Parisian grand opera, which triumphed in circumstances where Berlioz and Wagner signally failed.
  Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century?
  Like all composers of French grand opera, Halévy aimed to please with a total entertainment on a lavish scale.
  Their repertoire covers everything from grand opera to show tunes and folk songs.
  An exciting development in recent musical scholarship is the proper revaluation of French grand opera.
  Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus goes from grand opera to a personal quest for fulfilment.
  With an audience of more than 100 visitors, the choir of 40 voices sang a medley of songs ranging from grand opera to Negro Spirituals and Welsh hymns.
  The selections run the gamut from folk song through musical theatre to grand opera.
  Maybe, as in grand opera or sports broadcasting, we need to wave our hands around a lot.
  There is a lot of grand opera and a lot of West End musical but not much in the middle ground.
  A Juilliard graduate, she seems capable of taking on any role or style, from cabaret to grand opera.
  Other notable masters of 19th century bel-canto and grand opera are Bellini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Gounod and Massenet.
  Wagner's last opera is heavy with guilt, redemption and magic, and by the end of the first act I was ready to dismiss it as so much religious mumbo-jumbo dressed up in the ludicrous conventions of grand opera.
  The ensuing scene with the vassals is pure 19th century grand opera and comes over very well, helped by the superb Bayreuth chorus and Brinkmann's strong Hagen.

词汇	grand opera
释义	Definition of grand opera in English: grand opera noun 1An opera on a serious theme in which the entire libretto (including dialogue) is sung. （题材严肃，全部歌词包括对话都是唱出的）大歌剧 Example sentencesExamples The people love their cities - the concerts in the park in summer, the grand operas, the canals along the promenade where children sail gaily colored toy boats. Though it is not a grand opera, it is by no means a weak work and when Handel presented in Dublin (in concert form as a serenata) it went down a storm. Though Zhang has never directed a ballet before, he has crossed over into different performing art forms on other projects, as in 1997 and 1998, when he directed the grand opera Turandot in Italy and in Beijing's Forbidden City. The festival has staged everything from grand operas to modern Broadway and West End shows and has also provided a forum for original shows. Although Der Cid has elements in common with Lohengrin, it can stand independently as one of the most remarkable German grand operas of the day. In 1927 Sauguet also started to work on his first grand opera La Chartreuse de Parme, based on Stendhal's great novel, which he was not to finish until 1936. The director is John Caird, whose experience in the ‘straight’ theatre encourages him to give an unusually uncluttered, economical and direct account of this grandest of grand operas. It is only the first of the delights of this enjoyable set that Carmen is here restored as a grand opera. Donizetti had already written two grand operas for Paris, Les Martyrs and La Favorite, but Dom Sébastien is his grandest and longest (four hours, including intervals, at Covent Garden). Verdi originally conceived it as a grand opera in French for Paris, in 1855, with a libretto by Scribe and Duveyrier. The opera laid the historical groundwork for Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina and a host of ensuing historically-based Russian grand operas. This opera certainly deserves to be performed more than it is, although its length as a grand opera probably gives companies pause. What appealed to you enough about Columbus to write two grand operas about him? Within two years he produced his first grand opera, Rienzi. The rest of the set is full of party pieces with exhilarating recordings of the Bizet suites, overtures by Hérold, Auber, Thomas and the obligatory ballet music by Gounod and Berlioz from the grand operas. He later likened taking the post to becoming ‘the impresario of a two-billion-dollar grand opera with thousands of temperamental stars in all walks of life.’ It has all the elements of a grand opera with a historically spectacular plot, good characterization, some memorable musical moments and taxing roles for its main characters. 1.1mass noun The genre of grand opera. 大歌剧流派 Example sentencesExamples He is a research specialist in nineteenth-century French grand opera. Maybe, as in grand opera or sports broadcasting, we need to wave our hands around a lot. Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus goes from grand opera to a personal quest for fulfilment. Dvoák stayed with the theatre orchestra until the summer of 1871, acquiring a solid knowledge of French grand opera, operetta, Verdi, and Mozart. Like all composers of French grand opera, Halévy aimed to please with a total entertainment on a lavish scale. Grand opera - even Wagnerian grand opera - deals in large, as opposed to detailed, meanings. The music was ‘very plain, with a colloquial flavor,’ he wrote, ‘closer to musical theater than to grand opera.’ The new theatre (by Barry) opened in 1858 has been the principal home in England of grand opera. Other notable masters of 19th century bel-canto and grand opera are Bellini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Gounod and Massenet. A strong revisionist case is at last being made for Parisian grand opera, which triumphed in circumstances where Berlioz and Wagner signally failed. An exciting development in recent musical scholarship is the proper revaluation of French grand opera. There is a lot of grand opera and a lot of West End musical but not much in the middle ground. With an audience of more than 100 visitors, the choir of 40 voices sang a medley of songs ranging from grand opera to Negro Spirituals and Welsh hymns. The ensuing scene with the vassals is pure 19th century grand opera and comes over very well, helped by the superb Bayreuth chorus and Brinkmann's strong Hagen. Their repertoire covers everything from grand opera to show tunes and folk songs. The selections run the gamut from folk song through musical theatre to grand opera. After all, it's directed by Ian Talbot, who has done everything from grand opera to Royal Shakespeare Company blockbusters, and he has already told her that she has both stage presence and good timing. Wagner's last opera is heavy with guilt, redemption and magic, and by the end of the first act I was ready to dismiss it as so much religious mumbo-jumbo dressed up in the ludicrous conventions of grand opera. Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century? A Juilliard graduate, she seems capable of taking on any role or style, from cabaret to grand opera. Definition of grand opera in US English: grand opera nounɡrand ˈäp(ə)rəɡrænd ˈɑp(ə)rə 1An opera on a serious theme in which the entire libretto (including dialogue) is sung. （题材严肃，全部歌词包括对话都是唱出的）大歌剧 Example sentencesExamples Although Der Cid has elements in common with Lohengrin, it can stand independently as one of the most remarkable German grand operas of the day. The rest of the set is full of party pieces with exhilarating recordings of the Bizet suites, overtures by Hérold, Auber, Thomas and the obligatory ballet music by Gounod and Berlioz from the grand operas. The director is John Caird, whose experience in the ‘straight’ theatre encourages him to give an unusually uncluttered, economical and direct account of this grandest of grand operas. In 1927 Sauguet also started to work on his first grand opera La Chartreuse de Parme, based on Stendhal's great novel, which he was not to finish until 1936. The opera laid the historical groundwork for Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina and a host of ensuing historically-based Russian grand operas. Within two years he produced his first grand opera, Rienzi. The festival has staged everything from grand operas to modern Broadway and West End shows and has also provided a forum for original shows. This opera certainly deserves to be performed more than it is, although its length as a grand opera probably gives companies pause. Though Zhang has never directed a ballet before, he has crossed over into different performing art forms on other projects, as in 1997 and 1998, when he directed the grand opera Turandot in Italy and in Beijing's Forbidden City. Donizetti had already written two grand operas for Paris, Les Martyrs and La Favorite, but Dom Sébastien is his grandest and longest (four hours, including intervals, at Covent Garden). The people love their cities - the concerts in the park in summer, the grand operas, the canals along the promenade where children sail gaily colored toy boats. Though it is not a grand opera, it is by no means a weak work and when Handel presented in Dublin (in concert form as a serenata) it went down a storm. It has all the elements of a grand opera with a historically spectacular plot, good characterization, some memorable musical moments and taxing roles for its main characters. Verdi originally conceived it as a grand opera in French for Paris, in 1855, with a libretto by Scribe and Duveyrier. He later likened taking the post to becoming ‘the impresario of a two-billion-dollar grand opera with thousands of temperamental stars in all walks of life.’ It is only the first of the delights of this enjoyable set that Carmen is here restored as a grand opera. What appealed to you enough about Columbus to write two grand operas about him? 1.1 The genre of grand opera. 大歌剧流派 Example sentencesExamples Dvoák stayed with the theatre orchestra until the summer of 1871, acquiring a solid knowledge of French grand opera, operetta, Verdi, and Mozart. After all, it's directed by Ian Talbot, who has done everything from grand opera to Royal Shakespeare Company blockbusters, and he has already told her that she has both stage presence and good timing. The music was ‘very plain, with a colloquial flavor,’ he wrote, ‘closer to musical theater than to grand opera.’ He is a research specialist in nineteenth-century French grand opera. Grand opera - even Wagnerian grand opera - deals in large, as opposed to detailed, meanings. The new theatre (by Barry) opened in 1858 has been the principal home in England of grand opera. A strong revisionist case is at last being made for Parisian grand opera, which triumphed in circumstances where Berlioz and Wagner signally failed. Why do you compose grand opera, now here in the 21st century? Like all composers of French grand opera, Halévy aimed to please with a total entertainment on a lavish scale. Their repertoire covers everything from grand opera to show tunes and folk songs. An exciting development in recent musical scholarship is the proper revaluation of French grand opera. Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus goes from grand opera to a personal quest for fulfilment. With an audience of more than 100 visitors, the choir of 40 voices sang a medley of songs ranging from grand opera to Negro Spirituals and Welsh hymns. The selections run the gamut from folk song through musical theatre to grand opera. Maybe, as in grand opera or sports broadcasting, we need to wave our hands around a lot. There is a lot of grand opera and a lot of West End musical but not much in the middle ground. A Juilliard graduate, she seems capable of taking on any role or style, from cabaret to grand opera. Other notable masters of 19th century bel-canto and grand opera are Bellini, Meyerbeer, Weber, Gounod and Massenet. Wagner's last opera is heavy with guilt, redemption and magic, and by the end of the first act I was ready to dismiss it as so much religious mumbo-jumbo dressed up in the ludicrous conventions of grand opera. The ensuing scene with the vassals is pure 19th century grand opera and comes over very well, helped by the superb Bayreuth chorus and Brinkmann's strong Hagen.
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