OPENING NIGHT meaning: First public performance of show

We found 18 dictionaries that define the word opening night:

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opening night: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
opening night: Merriam-Webster
opening night: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
opening night: Collins English Dictionary
opening night: Vocabulary.com
opening-night: Wordnik
opening night: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
opening night: Wiktionary
opening night: Infoplease Dictionary
opening night: Dictionary.com
Opening Night (Glee), Opening Night (Smash), Opening Night (album), Opening Night (video game), Opening Night: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
opening night: Rhymezone
opening night: FreeDictionary.org
opening night: Mnemonic Dictionary
opening night: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See opening_nights as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (opening night)

▸ noun: The first night, evening, or day of a spectacle or show.
▸ noun: The first event in a new venue.

Opposite:

closing night, final performance, last show

Types:

premiere, debut, first run, more...

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