Musicals vs Operas

Hello all,


Actually, I can understand where Amanda is coming from because in all the musicals and operas which I've seen in my lifetime- i can see clear distinctions between the styles of presentation, vocal tone and quality of performers and performances. I won't get into all that now as I think Amanda has painted quite a clear picture of what I wanted to say in regards to this.

But- to add another thing.. I remember talking to different ppl about their Les Miserables audition experiences for the Music Spectrum production and I won't name names but i remember one or two people ringing up in regards to the auditions and were told in pleasant conversation by those ppl who were doing the auditions- that Les Mis is a "wonderful opera".

I never in my life considered Les Mis as an opera but a company putting on such an extravagantly anticipated musical at the Regal Theatre must indeed know their stuff so I have no reason to challenge or question the statement that Les Miserables is indeed considered an opera. In fact- I asked around to various professional singing teachers in Perth who do indeed know their stuff and the biggest response i got was that:

opera is a story told in music, musical theatre is a story so they can be considered very much the same in that sense.....


Does that make sense?



The Review Master