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Meanings of opera singer in English

Russian
оперный певец
Portuguese
cantor de ópera
Spanish
cantante lírico
Catalan
cantant d'òpera

Singer who sings in operas.

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        оперный певец
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        Examples for "operatic singer"
        Examples for "operatic singer"
        1
        Have you been getting an "aim" in life, are you going to be an operatic singer, or a temperance lecturer, or anything like that?
        The Lady of the Decoration
        2
        Gioacchino Rossini was the son of a town-trumpeter and an operatic singer of inferior rank, born in Pesaro, Romagna, February 29, 1792.
        Great Italian and French Composers
        3
        We touched, in our discourse, upon science, politics, natural history, and operatic singers.
        The Mirror of the Sea
        4
        And he mimics operatic singers capitally, with sonorous words in mock Italian basso recitative.
        The History of "Punch"
        5
        We have nothing to be ashamed of in her, before an Italian Operatic singer!
        One of Our Conquerors — Volume 3
        Usage of opera singer in English
        1
        However David's love of music dominated, so he became an opera singer.
        Radio NZ
        2
        My larynx is taken from the body of a world-class opera singer.
        The dream of perpetual motion
        3
        But I know how dangerous the life of an opera singer is.
        Evelyn Innes
        4
        After all, former Argentine prop Omar Hasan was a classically-trained opera singer.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Auckland-born opera singer brothers check in from Cardiff and San Francisco respectively.
        Radio NZ
        6
        Lee asks the real-life opera singer-cum-property investor what her hero's weak­nesses are.
        Wired
        7
        Whose money you refuse, because she reminds you of your opera singer!
        The Street of Seven Stars
        8
        Welsh opera singer, who visits New Zealand next month for a four-concert tour.
        Radio NZ
        9
        The only one of the seven children missing is Jessica, an opera singer.
        The Irish Times
        10
        I can listen to the best opera singer in the world.
        Radio NZ
        11
        By the time he died the opera singer was dead, too.
        The Splendid Folly
        12
        Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland has died at the age of 83.
        BBC
        13
        The first ever recording of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is to be released.
        BBC
        14
        She turns down a real thorough-going opera singer without a spasm.
        Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge
        15
        On account of her lameness she could not travel as an opera singer.
        Sixty Years of California Song
        16
        When she became a professional opera singer, he would watch her woo audiences.
        Ebony