Opera

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• drama in which all dialogue is sung. differs from musicals in that it's all sung.

• the first commerical music. played for audiences albiet still wealthy audinces.

• held in really high regard for hundreds of years now }:).

• opera is still a thing today lol

• mixes many forms of arts. drama music dance visual elements (sets constumes etc.) emotional expression

• really revolutionary at the time

• two styles of song within opera:

  • recitative: solo connective dialogue to further the action, in a speech-ish rhythm. joins aria sections

  • aria: offers characters moments of reflection or emotional comment. these are the "songs" lol.