English
grand opera
Grand opera comes from French grand opéra.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrand opéra
- Englishearliest quotation 1949grand opera
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentgrand opéra
- Englishearliest quotation 1949grand opera
Earliest quotation: 1949, H. R. Trevor-Roper, Hitler Reappraised, Ten Years After: “Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian…”
Every English word from French grand opéra
Today it means
noun 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French grand opéra / grand opera