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The trailer that spoils the opera, daring you to stay anyway.
first moveIn diplomacy, the opening gesture that risks rejection
musical previewStitches the show's best tunes before they happen
latecomers' curseOnce played to silence chattering, gossiping audiences
latin rootFrom aperire, to open, like overt and aperture
standalone starSome outlived their operas as concert favorites