musical drama

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   opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action

   Broaderopera

Questions about musical drama

What does musical drama mean?

musical drama means "opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action".

Is musical drama a common word?

musical drama is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.