0 in a way that relates to or is similar to opera (= a type of musical play in which most of the words are sung): --
A musical may use actors who are not operatically trained, and usually the principals are called upon to dance.
He later dies an operatically staged heroic death, playing the organ in a church to guide his comrades, thus diverting the enemy to himself.
He achieves this through an operatically conceived vocal line: high and sustained, and encompassing a range of an octave and a fifth.
The first part of the novel ends (operatically) in death.
She is known not only for her performances in operas and as a classical recitalist as well as for her recordings of operatically-styled crossover music.
A 'higher' (and more operatically normative) mode of expression has been made unavailable to her.
The operatically trained soloists clearly pronounced their lyrics.
This was some of the most operatically ambitious music ever composed for Broadway.
