Musical Theatre/Opera

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Please answer the following questions:

1. Definition/Features of Musical Theatre

Musical theatre is a style of drama that includes songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance.

2. Comparison with Opera

Opera concentrates on their voice, but musical theatre concentrates on their acting.

3. Two Large Venues Musicals are Performed In

Musicals performed in London or New York.

4. Other Forms of Theatre (with Music)

Some other forms of Theatre with music like Chinese Opera, Taiwanese Opera.

5. Make a list (Musicals/Opera)

Musicals: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables

Opera: Die Zauberflote

6. Find a Song (Video) of Musical and Briefly Introduce the Background (with Lyrics)

Epilogue Finale is a song in the final in Les Miserables.

         ↓↓↓↓It is its part lyrics↓↓↓↓

Do you hear the people sing   Lost in the valley of the night
It is the music of a people     Who are climbing to the light 
For the wretched of the earth  There is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest night will end  And the sun will rise.

Quote from: http://ja.scorser.com/%E6%AD%8C%E8%A9%9E/Les+Miserables/Unknown/Epilogue+finale/3823099.html

Musical Theatre

Today, I want to talk about Musical Theatre, a wonderful  art, to everyone.     

1.Summary  2.Comparison with Opera  3.Famous places  4.Other Forms of Theatre  5.A Easy List  6.A Song of Musical

Musical theatre is a style of performance that includes dance, popular songs, spoken dialog, and lots of acting.

The Musicals performed at New York Broadway or London West End are famous.  And most of the musical theatres actors usually sing the Musicals in English or French.

The biggest difference between the Musical theatre and the Opera is that Musical theatre concentrates on acting and dancing first and then singing.  On the other hand, opera focuses on singing the most.  That is why the musical theatre performers are often handsome actors and beautiful actress that sometimes with terrible voice.  Besides, the Musical performers in large theatres often use microphones, but it is avoided in an operatic context.

There are various Eastern conventions of the theatre, for example, Chinese Opera, Taiwanese opera, Noh (classical Japanese dance theatre) and Musical theatre in India.             

1.Musicals: The Black Brook, Les Misérables, Billy Elliot, The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, West Side Story, Notre Dame de Paris, The Lion King, 

Notre Dame de Paris …
          2.Opera: Carmen, La traviata, The Magic Flute, Otello, Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, The Marriage of Figaro …

          At the end, I want to share one of my favorite song of Musical: Belle. 

       Notre Dame de Paris - Belle ↑↑↑                                   from: Wikipedia, Google Search

Musical Theatre

1. Definition/Features of Musical Theatre

          Musical theatre is a kind of dramatic performance that contains songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance.

2. Comparison with Opera

Musicals usually focus on dialogue, dancing, using different styles of popular music, and preventing certain operatic conventions.  On the other hand, even though the singer in an opera is mainly a singer, only secondarily an actor and seldom needs to dance, a musical performer is often an actor first and then a singer and dancer.  In addition, actors in musicals often use microphones of their singing voices in a way that would usually be disapproved of in an operatic context.

3. Two Large Venues Musicals are Performed In

          People usually enjoy musicals in London or New York, and performers always sing musicals in English or French.

4. Other Forms of Theatre (with Music)

          There are many Eastern traditions of theatre that include music, like Chinese Opera, Taiwanese opera, Noh (a kind of Japanese drama) and Musical theatre in India.

5. Make a list (Musicals/Opera)

 1. Musicals: Billy Elliot, Cats, The King And I, Les Miserables, Romeo and Juliet, The Sound of Music, Notre Dame de Paris, The Phantom of the Opera…

 2. Operas: Turandot, The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, the Magic Flute, Faust, Aida, Tosca, Rigoletto, La traviata, Hairspray…

6. Find a Song (Video) of Musical and Briefly Introduce the Background (with Lyrics)

Musical Theatre-Melody

1. Definition/Features of Musical Theatre

Musical theatre is a combination of popular music, spoken converse, acting and dance.  It’s similar to opera.

2. Comparison with Opera    

Musical theatre performer is often an actor first and then a singer and dancer.  Besides, large theatres staging musicals generally use microphone.  And it always employs popular music.         

However, an opera singer is primarily a singer and only secondarily an actor (and seldom needs to dance).  In addition,   they don’t use microphones in the plays.  And they often utilize classical music.

3. Two Large Venues Musicals are Performed In

Musicals are produced in London (West End) or New York (Broadway).

  *(West End) 

          *(Broadway).

4. Other Forms of Theatre (with Music)

5. Make a list (Musicals/Opera)

Musicals: Cats, Les Misérables, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra...

  

Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, La traviata....

6. Find a Song (Video) of Musical and Briefly Introduce the Background (with Lyrics)