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Usually upbeat, catchy songs. Sometimes sad. Basically they portray the emotion the characters are experiencing at that time in the musical. Meaningful lyrics.

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In operas there are mainly arias and deuts etc. and in musicals there are action songs, character songs and chorus numbers

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Opera, classical, pop

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