Definition of "operatics" [operatics]

• Exaggerated behavior of a type associated with grand opera; histrionics. (noun)

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• "Four years on and they have made a witty, hooky dance record in thrall to the rock operatics of Led Zeppelin and Queen."
• "He doesn't go for soap operatics when he easily could, in the same way that he never aims for cheap laughs built on shock values."
• "Throw in the genuine sense of loss in Agnetha's voice, Frida's operatics, a moodily expressionist video and plaintive synths as omnipresent as the rain "rattling" on the roof, and The Day Before You Came carries a sense of foreboding almost unparalleled in pop music."