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Sung-through

Musical or opera with little or no spoken dialogue From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A sung-through or through-sung stage musical, musical film, opera, or other work of performance art is one in which songs entirely or almost entirely replace any spoken dialogue. Conversations, speeches, and musings are communicated musically, for example through a combination of recitative, aria, and arioso. Early versions of this include the Italian genre of opera buffa, a light-hearted form of opera that gained prominence in the 1750s.[1][2]

A through-sung opera or other form of narrative work with continuous music may also be described as through-composed.

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List of fully sung-through musicals

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List of sung-through musicals with occasional spoken lines

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List of sung-through musicals depending on the production

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