with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama
There is an analogy I made in the Chinese dictornay with the Chinese opera, will if you don't know Chinese, it probably would be difficult to undertand the analogy Anyhow, opera is just like a theatre show, the only difference is that it's based on music Backgroud accompany music is made by orchestra and actors and actress sing their lines instead of say them There would also be choir to since the other parts, (you know, some times the crows in the movie would have a part) in the opera, they actually have a big part The three tenor are the best exmaple to be an opera main actors Fanous ones are: "Carmon" and "Princes Torando"
A form of music in which an orcherstra plays and singers sing Operas have a plot and are meant to tell a story Some are funny, some are tragic Essentially, they are stories put to music There is very little, if any, spoken text in an opera
A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc
A musical play, usually entirely sung, making use of costumes, staging, props, sets, and dramatic elements Operas usually consist of two types of musical elements, the aria, which primarily expresses a single idea or theme, and the recitative which advances the story