Amahl and the Night Visitors, by Gian Carlo Menotti. Commissioned by NBC in 1951.
The OVERTURE is the orchestral introduction to an opera.
musical, opera maybe?
Humlog
It's a musical
A musical drama is an opera.
It was through the musical innovations of the __________ that opera was born
Opera and musical theater are much alike except that musical theater generally has much more spoken dialogue than opera does.
There are two movies. One was made without words, and was made before Andrew Lloyd Webber turned 'The Phantom of the Opera' into a musical. The second is a new movie. It has the songs and dialogue and better effects. Although some say that the newer one has gore.
As it turns out, the spelling "opra" suggests two possibilities. One is the musical form known as opera. The other is the famous TV personality Oprah Winfrey.
Dark Shadows
Phantom is a musical in broadway
Dark Shadows was on tv from 1966 to 1971.