grand opera

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French grand opéra.

Noun

grand opera (plural grand operas)

1. A genre of 19th-century opera characterized by large-scale casts and orchestras, and lavish and spectacular design and stage effects, normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events.
   • 1949 September 4, H. R. Trevor-Roper, “Hitler Reappraised, Ten Years After”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.

Further reading

• grand opera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia