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  1. grand opera
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  3. An unhelpful term used variously to distinguish ΓÇ£seriousΓÇ¥ opera by the great composers from operetta and other forms of music theatre, or 19th century Italian opera (perhaps with Wagner, Massenet and a few others thrown in) from the rest.