grand opera

1. 1.

   opera in which all the text is sung

   Broaderopera

Questions about grand opera

What does grand opera mean?

grand opera means "opera in which all the text is sung".

Is grand opera a common word?

grand opera is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.