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Grand Opera

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grand opera
an opera that has a serious plot and is entirely in musical form, with no spoken dialogue
Grand Opera 

(1) A type of opera that took shape in 19th-century France and is most fully represented in the works of G. Meyerbeer. It is characterized by monumentality of form (having five acts, as a rule), a large cast of performers (soloists, chorus, and orchestra), and the standard inclusion of ballet numbers. Highly dramatic subjects, usually taken from history or legend, predominate; grand opera is characterized by suspenseful action, heroics, romantic exultation and magnificence, musical and scenic splendor, and ornamentation.

(2) The leading musical theater of Paris (“Grand-Opéra”).
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