Definitions
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
Word origin
From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture.
Used in a sentence
“c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture”
“It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us.”
“overture of friendship”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Opera introduction”8 letters
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