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Why is Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber considered a musical instead of an opera?
In my experience, Cats seems to have all the elements of an opera.
5 Answers
- LenaLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Because there is lots of dancing and music. An opera has music and singing, but not really dancing. Plus, the singing in an opera tells a story while the singing in musicals is about the story.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Opera can have spoken word, but the majority of the work is sung, with "speeches" as songs done in the recitative style - like a sung monologue.
Cats has too much dialogue.
- marie sLv 61 decade ago
There is spoken word in Cats. Opera is all singing.
I do agree cats are pretty operatic!
- 1 decade ago
i think, and i'm not sure, that an opera can not have any spoken lines...not even one. but i dont recall whether or not cats had any.
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