While these genres may be resistant to absolute delineation, we can still discuss in meaningful ways the differences we expect between musicals and operas.
However, there are many musicals (often classified more as musical revue), including most musicals before Oklahoma, that place the songs as the primary structural element, with only a loose plot to string them together. Operas usually put the focus on music over story, whereas musicals do the reverse. While operas are usually sung-through and musicals usually contain dialogue, Die Zauberflöte contains dialogue, while Hamilton is sung (or rapped) throughout. In the music world, the distinction between musicals and operas is a thorny one that plagues music students, audience members, and professionals alike.Īttempts to define musicals as distinct from operas (or vice versa) tend to be all-too-easily undone with any of a number of counterexamples.
In this modern age when academics seem to eschew most binaries, it may seem impossible to say what anything is anymore.
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