operas

Wagner composed a lot of operas .

瓦格纳为很多歌剧作曲。

To some people , operas are not easy to understand .

对有些人而言，歌剧并不容易了解。

The opera was the place to see and be seen .

歌剧院是个名流和时尚人士竞显风采的地方。

She 's one of the leading lights in the opera world .

她是歌剧界的一位大腕。

The story has all the elements of a soap opera .

这个故事是非常典型的肥皂剧题材。

I didn 't use to like opera but my husband has converted me .

我过去不喜欢歌剧，但我丈夫改变了我。

I like all kinds of music from opera to reggae .

我喜欢各种音乐，从歌剧到雷盖都喜欢。

I quite like opera .

我很喜欢歌剧。

The opera twins the themes of love and death .

这出歌剧把爱与死的主题紧密结合在一起。

Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died .

莫扎特在创作出他最后一部歌剧后不久便去世了。

No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera .

作曲家直到写出一部歌剧来才被认为是名副其实。

Children today are brought up on a diet of television cartoons and soap operas .

如今的孩子是看电视上的动画片和肥皂剧长大的。

Which opera did Verdi write first ?

威尔第最早写的是哪一部歌剧？

She pretends to be interested in opera , but it 's only for show .

她做出一副对歌剧感兴趣的样子，但这不过是装门面而已。

Opera houses are packed out wherever she sings .

每逢她演唱，任何歌剧院都场场爆满。

The opera is vintage Rossini .

这部歌剧是罗西尼的最佳代表作。

He was also learned in classical music with a great love of opera .

他还是个酷爱歌剧的古典音乐专家。

The following year she joined the Royal Opera House .

次年她加入了皇家歌剧院。

I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden

我喜爱歌剧，去年我搞到几张科芬园皇家歌剧院的票。

The opera lacks the polish of his later work .

这部歌剧不及他晚期作品娴熟。

If you have never been to an opera , you haven 't lived

要是从来没看过歌剧，那就枉过此生了。

Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people

上演一台歌剧是一项浩大的工程，说要涉及数以百计的人真是一点都不夸张。

A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera .

一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。

Most people are familiar with this figure from Wagner 's opera .

多数人都熟悉瓦格纳歌剧中的这一人物。

His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company

他的父亲是粤剧团的演员。

This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation .

这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。

Dennis had recently begun a successful career conducting opera .

丹尼斯最近开始从事歌剧指挥的工作，并且非常成功。

Fine music , particularly opera , has become aspirational , like fine wine or foreign travel .

高雅音乐，特别是歌剧，就像佳酿或出境游一样受到志存高远者的青睐。

He was orchestrating the second act of his opera .

他在为自己那部歌剧的第二幕谱写管弦乐曲。

The British public 's wariness of opera is an anomaly in Europe .

英国公众对歌剧不大轻易接受的态度在欧洲来说很反常。