opera seria

== English == === Etymology === Italian === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɹiə, -ɪɹiə === Noun === opera seria (countable and uncountable, plural opere serie) (historical) Serious or noble opera. === References === “opera”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.