What is the difference between an Opera and Musical?
sophistication.
It's the same difference between a concert and a symphony.
It's the difference between classical music and popular music
>>28249224
All dialogue in opera is done entirely in song. Musical has both spoken and sung dialog.
>>28249224
in opera they just scream
in musicals they scream words
wtf is this shit? do you faggots know where you are?
>>28249274
Some operas have spoken dialogue e.g. singspiels. Other have recitative which is semi-spoken.
>>28249267
musicals lack form/theory?