"Grand opera" refers to a type of theatrical performance that combines music and singing with elaborate sets, costumes, and dramatic storytelling. It typically features a large cast, an orchestra, and includes dramatic and emotional elements.
Sentences with «grand opera»
Indeed, it is a uniquely dreamlike, lushly romantic, highly erotic and prototypically Coppolaesque version of the story - a movie that does for the vampire genre what «The Godfather» did for the gangster saga, and what «Apocalypse Now» did for the war movie: raises it to the level of grand opera. (metacritic.com)
It's grand opera on a frequently small scale, and it perfected the blueprint Marvel's been following ever since. (relevantmagazine.com)
The choir functions as if it were the chorus in grand opera. (religion-online.org)