opera
C11877
concept
An opera is a staged dramatic work that combines a libretto (text) with a musical score, typically featuring vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, to tell a story through continuous or near-continuous music.
All labels observed (33)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| opera canonical | 333 |
| comic opera | 45 |
| grand opera | 17 |
| chamber opera | 14 |
| music drama | 8 |
| opera role | 7 |
| opera seria | 7 |
| lyric opera | 6 |
| opera buffa | 6 |
| opéra comique | 6 |
| tragédie en musique | 6 |
| avant-garde opera | 5 |
| bel canto opera | 5 |
| French opera | 4 |
| opera cycle | 4 |
| opera production | 4 |
| opéra-ballet | 4 |
| French-language opera | 3 |
| Savoy opera | 2 |
| dramma per musica | 2 |
| opéra-ballet entrée | 2 |
| three-act opera | 2 |
| tragic opera | 2 |
| Portuguese opera | 1 |
| opera in five acts | 1 |
| opera subtitle | 1 |
| opera title | 1 |
| opéra bouffon | 1 |
| rescue opera | 1 |
| semi-opera | 1 |
| twelve-tone opera | 1 |
| verismo opera | 1 |
| опера | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: opera
Generated description
An opera is a staged dramatic work that combines a libretto (text) with a musical score, typically featuring vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, to tell a story through continuous or near-continuous music.
Instances (427)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| A Night at the Chinese Opera | chamber opera |
| The Vanishing Bridegroom | chamber opera |
| Blond Eckbert | chamber opera |
| Norma | — |
| La sonnambula | — |
| I puritani | — |
| Il pirata | — |
| La straniera | — |
| Adelson e Salvini | — |
| Bianca e Fernando | — |
| Zaira | — |
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Puccini's opera "Tosca"
surface form:
Tosca
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Heyward
surface form:
Porgy and Bess
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— |
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DuBose Heyward later collaborated with Dorothy Heyward on the play adaptation
surface form:
Porgy and Bess
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| Il trionfo della fedeltà | — |
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opera "Emilia Galotti" by Alexander Zemlinsky
surface form:
Emilia Galotti (Zemlinsky)
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| K. 620 | — |
| K. 492 | — |
| K. 588 | — |
| Thus Do They All | — |
| Women Are Like That | opera title |
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Leonora (opera by William Henry Fry)
surface form:
Leonora
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| Der geduldige Sokrates | comic opera |
| Pimpinone | comic opera |
| Mandane | opera role |
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"Boccaccio" by Franz von Suppé
surface form:
Boccaccio
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comic opera |
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O welche Lust, in freier Luft
surface form:
Fidelio
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