For example,the nineteenth century "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi is an opera version of the tragic play "Othello."

VOA: special.2010.01.13

This was supposed to be the libretto for an opera.

这押韵版的《失乐园》本来是用作歌剧剧本的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And it begins with an auctioneer selling various articles from the old opera house.

刚开始的时候就是一个拍卖家在卖老歌剧院的各种物品。

歌剧魅影 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

is their finest film. Groucho tries to get a rich woman to invest in an opera company.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

I think she was also an opera singer.

我觉得她可能还是一个歌剧歌手。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

He said he had created a new musical form -- an opera based on popular culture.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Yes, she was an opera singer as well.

对，她也是一个歌剧歌手。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

It was the first time a black singer performed regularly with an American opera group.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

He reduced the long story into an opera that lasts about three hours.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

He helped make "Where the Wild Things Are" into an opera.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

He also wrote an opera, and music for piano and orchestra.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

He sang a piece from an Italian opera for Gershwin.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Now,this famous book has been made into an opera.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

An opera often shows anger, cruelty,violence,fear or insanity.

VOA: special.2010.12.12

Gershwin also wrote an opera,"Porgy and Bess."

VOA: special.2009.02.15

The bold novel works well as an equally bold opera.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Indeed,it was more than Horne's talent as an entertainer that brought artists such as Vanessa Williams, Dianne Carroll,Dionne Warwick and the international opera star Jessye Norman to Saint Ignatius Loyola on Friday.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15