Drama

Drama

The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works via any artistic medium.

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Drama; Opera

A musical composition numbered as one of a composer’s works (usually in order of publication).

oratorio

Drama; Opera

A musical composition for chorus, orchestra and soloists whose text is usually religious, serious or philosophical. Generally not staged, oratorio was Handel’s domain in England ...

orchestra

Drama; Opera

The group of musicians that accompany a staged presentation. In the Baroque period, an orchestra consisted of strings and pairs of woodwinds, and continuo; from 1760 forward, ...

orchestra pit

Drama; Opera

The area below the stage, usually, where the orchestra is situated. The conductor is on a podium in the orchestra pit, visible to the singers on stage, the orchestra in the pit ...