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Musical drama

noun

Opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action.

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"Musical drama" Quotes from Famous Books

... of St. Paul,' performed at Rome, 1440, as described by Sulpicius, has been erroneously called the first opera, or musical drama. 'Abram et Isaac suo Figliuolo,' a sacred drama (azione sacra), 'showing how Abraham was commanded by God to sacrifice his son Isaac on the mountain,' was performed in the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Florence, 1449. Another on the same subject, called 'Abraham ...

— The Standard Oratorios - Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers • George P. Upton

... Hanover with Lord Halifax: and the year after he was made Under Secretary of State, first to Sir Charles Hedges, and in a few months more to the Earl of Sunderland. About this time the prevalent taste for Italian operas inclined him to try what would be the effect of a musical drama in our own language. He therefore wrote the opera of Rosamond, which, when exhibited on the stage, was either hissed or neglected; but, trusting that the readers would do him more justice, he published it with an inscription to the Duchess ...

— Lives of the Poets: Addison, Savage, and Swift • Samuel Johnson

Words linked to "Musical drama" : opera