| re: Lloyd Webber's dramaturgy |
| Posted by: GavinLogan1 09:42 pm EDT 04/19/20 |
| In reply to: re: Lloyd Webber's dramaturgy - Michael_Portantiere 09:26 pm EDT 04/19/20 |
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I argue that musicals and operas are the same thing: they are stories told using music. Just as there different singing styles in musical theatre, there are also several different styles in the world of opera. One rarely hears a Wagnerian soloist also appearing in a Mozart comic opera....
So it can't simply be the style of singing... I know I'll be flamed for this, or at least I think I will be, but I agree wholeheartedly with music critic Michael Walsh, who wrote in his book "Who's Afraid of Opera?" that there is no difference between the two genres.
Even the word "opera" simply comes from the word opus, which means work:
"They come from the Latin words OPUS & OPERA (plural). While the original meaning is closest to the Latin word No. 19 and the plural is in use mostly as a singular word meaning No. 1 (plural is operas), this root has become a word for any work which is planned, acted on, and carried through."
As much work goes into a well-written musical as into an opera.... so...
I don't know. I just can't see the distinction. |
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