Musical plays {opera} can use music in speaking parts as well as songs.
Opera songs {aria}| have one {soloist}, two {duet}, three {trio}, four {quartet}, five {quintet}, six {sextet, music}, or more singers.
Baroque arias {da capo aria} can use two stanzas, with first stanza repeated.
First operas {French opera} used Enlightenment and Romantic ideals.
Operas {grand opera} can be about historical themes, religion, and passion.
Baroque overtures {Italian overture} can have distinctive style.
Operas have text {libretto, opera} without written music, which singers can say melodiously or with no melody.
Comic operas {opera buffa} can have no spoken dialogue. Acts end with finales.
Operas {opera comique} can have spoken dialogue between aria and ensemble singing.
Baroque three-act operas {opera seria} had tragic theme and no comic scenes.
Operas {operetta}| {light opera} can be about humorous or personal themes.
Instruments play musical themes {overture} from opera before it starts.
Musical dialogue {recitativa} separates opera songs. Operas can have quick recitatives {secco, recitativa}. Accompanied dialogue {recitativa accompagnato} is for dramatic climaxes.
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