An opera is primarily sung, whereas in a musical, the songs are interspersed with passages of dialogue. In both instances, it is drama and words that drive the action. ... There can often be bigger dancing numbers in musicals. In opera, the singing is split between arias, recitatives and bigger chorus numbers
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generally speaking have a combination of singing and speaking. But of course, like all the best rules, this one is here to be broken – take a look at Les Misérables, for example.
Meanwhile although some operas include spoken passages or speech-like sections called ‘recitatives’, they are mostly sung without any spoken dialogue.
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An opera is primarily sung, whereas in a musical, the songs are interspersed with passages of dialogue. In both instances, it is drama and words that drive the action. ... There can often be bigger dancing numbers in musicals. In opera, the singing is split between arias, recitatives and bigger chorus numbers
Meanwhile although some operas include spoken passages or speech-like sections called ‘recitatives’, they are mostly sung without any spoken dialogue.