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The <anchor>opera</anchor> was performed only nine times during 1786 in Vienna, perhaps because Martín y Soler’s Una cosa rara (also set to a libretto by Da Ponte) came on the scene and essentially pushed the Mozart work aside. The Marriage of Figaro made a more durable impression in its next performances, in Prague later in 1786. In January 1787 Mozart and an entourage including his family traveled to Prague by invitation to attend the opera and spend time with local music lovers and patrons; he conducted at least one performance himself. Encouraged by the opera’s favourable reception, the theatre’s director asked Mozart to write something new specifically for Prague. That work would be the opera Don Giovanni.
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# opera

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- [opera (noun)](/dictionary/opera)
- [opera](#ld_entry_v2_jumplink_opera_2)
- [opera glasses (noun)](/dictionary/opera-glasses)
- [opera house (noun)](/dictionary/opera-house)
- [grand opera (noun)](/dictionary/grand-opera)
- [horse opera (noun)](/dictionary/horse-opera)
- [soap opera (noun)](/dictionary/soap-opera)
- [opus (noun)](/dictionary/opus)

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opera /ˈɑːpərə/noun

pluraloperas

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opera

/ˈɑːpərə/

noun

pluraloperas

Britannica Dictionary definition of OPERA

**1**

\[noncount\]:a kind of performance in which actors sing all or most of the words of a play with music performed by an orchestra

- He is studying _opera_.

- French _opera_


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— often used before another noun

- an _opera_ singer

- _opera_ fans


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**2**

:a show in which opera is performed

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- I am going to an _opera_ tonight.

- my favorite _operas_


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- I enjoy going to the opera. \[=going to opera performances\]


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\[count\]:a group of actors who perform operas together
— often used in names

- the New York City _Opera_


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## — operatic

/ˌɑːpəˈrætɪk/adjective\[more operatic; most operatic\]

- an _operatic_ singer/voice


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opera

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opera

Britannica Dictionary definition of OPERA

plural of [opus](/dictionary/opus)

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