<P> Grand opera is a genre of 19th - century opera generally in four or five acts , characterized by large - scale casts and orchestras , and ( in their original productions ) lavish and spectacular design and stage effects , normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events . The term is particularly applied ( sometimes specifically using in its French language equivalent grand opéra , pronounced ( ɡʁɑ̃t ‿ ɔpeˈʁa ) ) to certain productions of the Paris Opéra from the late 1820s to around 1850 ; ' grand opéra ' has sometimes been used to denote the Paris Opéra itself . </P>
<P> Grand opera is a genre of 19th - century opera generally in four or five acts , characterized by large - scale casts and orchestras , and ( in their original productions ) lavish and spectacular design and stage effects , normally with plots based on or around dramatic historic events . The term is particularly applied ( sometimes specifically using in its French language equivalent grand opéra , pronounced ( ɡʁɑ̃t ‿ ɔpeˈʁa ) ) to certain productions of the Paris Opéra from the late 1820s to around 1850 ; ' grand opéra ' has sometimes been used to denote the Paris Opéra itself . </P>
french opera with spectacular production elements is called
french opera with spectacular production elements is called
Grand opera
Grand opera