Notes and queries: What's the difference between operas and musicals? Is getting there quicker cheaper? The house where Handel and Hendrix lived

What's the difference between operas and musicals? Is getting there quicker cheaper? The house where Handel and Hendrix livedWhat distinguishes an opera from a musical?About £50 a ticket.John Peniket, Burnham, BucksOperas and musicals are similar in that they are both performed as musical theatre, with a story, character distinctions and arias. They are both made up of several songs, or musical pieces, connected by lines of dialogue; this is usually spoken in a musical, whereas in an opera it ...

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