music drama

American  

noun

1. an opera having more or less continuous musical and dramatic activity without arias, recitatives, or ensembles.

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music drama British  

noun

1. an opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are of equal importance and strongly interfused

2. the genre of such operas

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Etymology

Origin of music drama

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

After receiving free arts training in Liverpool at Rare Studio, he secured a place at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

From BBC

Philadelphia’s 21 special admissions high schools have various specialties — music, drama, science, liberal arts, etc.

From Washington Post

Watch students, alumni and faculty from the Rome School of Music, Drama and Art perform works by Russian American composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

From Washington Post

Focus Features’ “Tár,” Todd Field’s challenging classical music drama with Cate Blanchett, placed third.

From Seattle Times

Yet MasterVoices — New York’s scrappy, pop-up music drama specialists — brought the original idea to town on Tuesday for a one-night-only performance at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

From New York Times