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What is an oratorio and what is different between it and an opera?

An oratorio is a large vocal and instrumental dramatic work based on a sacred subject. The main difference between an oratorio and an opera is that an oratorio has no staging or costumes.


What is a shorter version of a opera?

Which of these is a shorter version of an opera or oratorio?


What is an opera-ballet?

an opera ballet is an opera that incorporates ballet dancing in part to tell the story of the opera


What is opera ballet?

an Opera Ballet is an opera that incorporates ballet dancing in part to tell the story of the opera


Berlin opera ballet the same company as Staatsballett Berlin?

Staatsballett Berlin is the one and same Berlin States Ballet. Staatsoper equates to States Opera.


What Is an unstaged opera on a sacred topic?

Oratorio


What is the instrumental introduction to the opera or oratorio?

Overature


Who performs in an oratorio?

An oratorio does not have acting, scenery, or costumes as an opera does but does have arias, recitatives, chorus, and orchestra.


Is messiah by Handel an opera?

Handel's Messiah is an Oratorio, which is basically an opera without a stage. The Messiah is one of the few of Handel's Oratorio's without characters, which leads to the confusion expressed by many people (including yourself). The oratorio itself has a colorful place in music history; Handel's turning to the genre occured after the British public lost taste for his operas.


Can you tell the difference between opera and oratorio by just listening to them?

Yes, you could make an educated guess. Oratorio plots are often based on sacred topics. Opera plots are about murder, romance, etc... Also, the characters in an oratorio have much less interaction with each other than the characters of an opera.


Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no?

Oratorio uses sacred text, and is typically not staged (no costumes, lights, sets, etc.).


When was Paris Opera Ballet created?

Paris Opera Ballet was created in 1669.