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I was under the impression that a musical is a spoken word play where the actors break out into song and dance on a regular basis, whereas in an opera the singe
by raganwald 17y ago
I was under the impression that a musical is a spoken word play where the actors break out into song and dance on a regular basis, whereas in an opera the singers rarely dance or speak.
If that is the case, the difference between musicals and opera is more than just the language. and actually supports the author's point that American culture needs visual stimulation (the dance) and words they can easily understand (the spoken lines).
- axod 17y ago"Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat" is entirely sung (Well, apart from "and I don't speak Egyptian very well"), but is usually referred to as a musical. Maybe just marketing though. Personally I usually expect opera to mean a particular style of singing more than anything else.
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- evgen 17y agoLes Miz also has only a handful of spoken lines.
- jerf 17y agoI confirm that that was pretty much my point in the last paragraph. (No offense meant or taken in this post, just confirming.)