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Melodrama vs Singspiel - What's the difference?

melodrama | singspiel |

As nouns the difference between melodrama and singspiel

is that melodrama is a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes while singspiel is an early German form of opera consisting of spoken dialogue interspersed with song.

melodrama

English

(wikipedia melodrama)

Noun

  • (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
  • (countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the grave digging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".
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  • (uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.

    • Derived terms

    * melodramatic * melodramatics * melodramatist * melodramatize ----

    singspiel

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia singspiel)
  • (music, uncountable) An early German form of opera consisting of spoken dialogue interspersed with song.
  • (music, countable) An opera in this style.