Definitions for scenaˈʃeɪ nə, -nɑ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sce•naˈʃeɪ nə, -nɑ(n.)(pl.)-nas.

  1. an extended operatic vocal solo, usu. including an aria and a recitative.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of scena:

1810–20; < It: lit., scene

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scena(noun)

    a scene in an opera

  2. Scena(noun)

    an accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria


Translations for scena

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

scene(noun)

the place where something real or imaginary happens

A murderer sometimes revisits the scene of his crime; The scene of this opera is laid/set in Switzerland.

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