Musical or opera with little or no spoken dialogue
A sung-through (also through-sung)
musical,
musical film,
opera, or other work of
performance art is one in which songs entirely or almost entirely replace any spoken
dialogue. Conversations, speeches, and musings are communicated musically, for example through a combination of
recitative,
aria, and
arioso. Early versions of this include the Italian genre of
opera buffa, a light-hearted form of opera that gained prominence in the 1750s.[1][2]
A through-sung opera or other form of narrative work with continuous music may also be described as
through-composed.
Originally starting off as a
concept album, the musical has a reputation for being re-written during every new production that is staged around the world. Some productions are completely sung-through, some have scattered lines, and some (notably the original Broadway production) are staged as book musicals.[20]
^Richard Taruskin, (2009 ). Music in the Nineteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press
^Lotte Eilskov Jensen, Joseph Theodoor Leerssen, Marita Mathijsen (eds). 2010. Free Access to the Past: Romanticism, Cultural Heritage and the Nation. Brill. p. 236.
^Hummler, Richard (13 October 1982).
"Cats". Variety.
Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
Musical or opera with little or no spoken dialogue
A sung-through (also through-sung)
musical,
musical film,
opera, or other work of
performance art is one in which songs entirely or almost entirely replace any spoken
dialogue. Conversations, speeches, and musings are communicated musically, for example through a combination of
recitative,
aria, and
arioso. Early versions of this include the Italian genre of
opera buffa, a light-hearted form of opera that gained prominence in the 1750s.[1][2]
A through-sung opera or other form of narrative work with continuous music may also be described as
through-composed.
Originally starting off as a
concept album, the musical has a reputation for being re-written during every new production that is staged around the world. Some productions are completely sung-through, some have scattered lines, and some (notably the original Broadway production) are staged as book musicals.[20]
^Richard Taruskin, (2009 ). Music in the Nineteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music. Oxford University Press
^Lotte Eilskov Jensen, Joseph Theodoor Leerssen, Marita Mathijsen (eds). 2010. Free Access to the Past: Romanticism, Cultural Heritage and the Nation. Brill. p. 236.
^Hummler, Richard (13 October 1982).
"Cats". Variety.
Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.