Opera And Operas: A Personal Story: Opera And Musicals

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A Personal Story As I was growing up my family and I would usually go and see ballets and then as I grew older we stopped going. When you are in Elementary school you have music class and to make it fun your class usually had to put on a play/musical. When I was in 2nd grade maybe I remember I finally auditioned to be a reindeer in a Christmas musical that was taking place. I only got the role because the person who originally got it wasn’t sad enough and couldn’t sign because he was stage fright. I remember how fun it use to be but that feeling soon faded because of all the lines and things that went with it. Musicals all through school were always fun to hear about but I never really paid much attention because I found …show more content…

Yes, they both include music but in Operas it is all singing or mostly singing. In Musicals it is basically a play that involves music. Broadway has a lot of musicals spanning from Phantom of the Opera to Annie. Most Operas when they sing they are in “German, French, Italian, Czech, Russian…” (Opera 101) in opera there are translations for people that don’t know the language and also so they can follow along with the story. In Musicals they are mostly in the native tongue of the audience they are performing for. Both Musicals and Opera have their performers dress up in costumes to show the time period they are in. They both follow a script whether or not it is sung is up to whether it is a Musical or an …show more content…

When you look up the definition of a musical it states that it is a “stage, television, or film production utilizing popular-style songs- dialogue optional- to either tell a story or showcase the talents of the writers and or performers”(Kenrick). Just like the Opera you can trace musicals all the way back to Ancient Greece; at this time there was no separation between the Opera and Musicals. As we fast forward to the Middle ages we start to see the development of slapstick comedy and popular songs. In fact it is said that Opera was a descendent of classical theatre. When they started adding music Opera was then created and then there was a fine separation between the

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