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Opera
     A musical genre featuring vocalists and an orchestra, an opera dramatizes a story or a libretto. As a drama set to music, it often uses themes from history or mythology. As a lyric form, often replete with lavish costumes and elaborate scenery, it consists of choruses, arias, duets and spoken recitation.
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