Reverse Dictionary: OPERA

ADJECTIVES
► OPERATICAL pert. to opera → 1730 obs.
► OPERISH pert. to the opera; having the character of opera → 1742  obs.

NOUNS
► BRINDISI a drinking song in an opera → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BURLETTA a comic opera → 1748 obs.
► CRUSH-ROOM a room or hall in a theatre, opera-house, etc., in which the audience may promenade during the intervals of the entertainment → 1806
► DOUBLE-BARRELS opera or field glasses → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JUMELLES a pair of opera-glasses → 1865
► PRIMO BUFFO the principal male singer or role in a comic opera, esp. in the 18th century Italian opera buffa → 1826
► UPROAR an opera → M18 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BALLET-GIRL an opera figure dancer, one who takes part in the ballet at a theatre → 1898 (Bk.)
► IMPRESARIO one who organizes public entertainments; the manager of an operatic or concert company → 1746
► PRIMA BUFFA the leading female singer or role in a comic opera, esp. in the 18th century Italian opera buffa → 1789
► PRIMO BASSO the principal bass singer in an opera → 1826
► PRIMO BUFFO the principal male singer or role in a comic opera, esp. in the 18th century Italian opera buffa → 1826
► SAVOYARD a member of the company that played at the Savoy theatre in the original productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas; an operetta singer → 1890

VERBS
► OPERATIZE to turn into an opera; to put into operatic form → 1865