| Meaning | A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes. |
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| Parts | act | A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet |
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| aria | An elaborate song for solo voice |
| supertitle, surtitle | translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage |
| Narrower | comic opera, opera bouffe, bouffe, opera comique | opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken |
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| grand opera | opera in which all the text is sung |
| musical drama | opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important |
| rock opera | albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art |
| Broader | classical music, classical, serious music | Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste |
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| Spanish | opera, ópera |
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| Catalan | òpera |
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| Adjectives | lyric | relating to or being musical drama |
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| operatic | of or relating to or characteristic of opera |
