Act
Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.
Opera
Both words in one sentence
- Presto sabotages the Great Poochini's opera performance solely because he wasn't hired as an opening act — not that opera is well known for opening with a magic show in the first place, mind you.
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Queen of Knives, by American composer Eric Stern, is a full-length opera which tells the story of a brother and sister knife-throwing act in the midst of student protests in the early 1960s.
Source: Knife-Throwing Act - The second act of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel opens with Gretel's folksy song "Ein Männlein steht im Walde," which bears no relation to the action.
Source: Irrelevant Act Opener
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