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MUSICAL DRAMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("musical drama" is a kind of...):
opera (a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes)