operatise

A composer operatises a popular novel for the stage.

Definition

Verb (transitive): To set (a text, story, or dramatic work) to music in the style of an opera; to adapt or compose as an opera.

Usage Examples

• (To adapt the myth into an operatic form.)
• (To turn the novel into an opera.)

Advanced Usage

• "to operatise a libretto": to set a written text (the libretto) to operatic music.

  • The librettist wrote the words, and the composer will operatise them. (The composer will create the operatic music for the text.)

• "operatised version": a version of a work that has been adapted into an opera.

  • The operatised version of the play was performed at the Royal Opera House. (The adapted operatic version.)

Variants and Related Words

• Operatisation (noun): the process of adapting something into an opera.
  • The operatisation of the epic poem took several years. (The process of turning it into an opera.)
• Operatiser (noun): a person who operatises a work.
  • She is a renowned operatiser of classic novels. (She adapts novels into operas.)

Synonyms

• Set to music: to provide a musical composition for a text.
• Adapt as an opera: to modify a work to fit the operatic form.

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