command performance
noun
a performance of a play, opera, ballet, or the like, given at the request of a sovereign or head of state.
Origin of command performance
First recorded in 1895–1900
Words nearby command performance
command economy,
command guidance,
command language,
command module,
command paper,
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command post,
command-driven,
commandant,
commandeer,
commander
British Dictionary definitions for command performance
command performance
noun
a performance of a play, opera, etc, at the request of a ruler or of royalty
Idioms and Phrases with command performance
command performance
An occasion that one is obliged to attend, as in My boss's invitations to dinner are always a command performance. This term originally (late 1800s) denoted a theatrical or musical performance presented at the behest of a sovereign or head of state. By the 1930s it was also used figuratively for any more or less obligatory occasion or performance.