Opera house

Opera house
   Before the late 1880s, the word "theatre" carried unsavory connotations of cheap variety performances. Thus the grand 2,000-seat playhouses constructed in major cities during the early modernist period were labeled "opera houses," even though the fare included legitimate drama as well as musicals, minstrel companies, and lectures.
   See also Architecture; Gallery; Parquette.

The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. .

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  • opera house — n a theatre where operas are performed ▪ the Sydney Opera House …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • opera house — ► NOUN ▪ a theatre for the performance of opera …   English terms dictionary

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  • opera house — noun (C) a theatre where operas are performed: the Sydney Opera House …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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