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opera seria
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Opera \Op"er*a\ ([o^]p"[~e]r*[.a]), n. [It., fr. opera work, composition, opposed to an improvisation, fr. L. opera pains, work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor: cf. F. op['e]ra. See Operate .] A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an ...
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n. Serious or tragic opera; grand opera.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Opera seria (; plural: opere serie ; usually called dramma per musica or melodramma serio ) is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to c. 1770. The term itself ...