Talk:Sung-through

 Some sung-through musicals are left out

Put proper links to these in the "sung through with scattered dialouge" section, for I'm not exactly sure how, that's why I can't do it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_Vampires http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(musical) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woods

I'd consider "Into the woods" a sung-through musical (with scattered dialouge in it) it has large amounts of dialouge in parts of it, and yet has very little in other's....If you want put those links as proper clickable links on the "sung-through" page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.42.94.141 (talk) 18:51, 14 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Two were already there; I added a note for Into the Woods. -- Beland (talk) 17:45, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Sweeney Todd
Can I ask why Sweeney Todd is included in the list? There are many scenes of dialogue in that musical vs. shows like Jesus Christ Superstar or Les Mis that have none (all dialogue is sung). Sbwinter2 (talk) 03:16, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * It has since been removed. -- Beland (talk) 17:45, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

In The Heights?
In The Heights is listed here. I haven't seen it, so I'm not going to be bold and remove it, but I've listened to the soundtrack and glanced at the libretto and it sure seems like it has plenty of scenes. And it has a credited book author who is not the lyricist. 50.184.111.19 (talk) 21:31, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Opera
There needs to be an explanation of why this isn't considered to be opera. 86.146.112.108 (talk) 14:23, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Why just opera buffa?
'Early versions of this include the Italian genre of opera buffa, a light-hearted form of opera that gained prominence in the 1750s.'

Why single out just opera buffa? Italian opera in general was sung through from the very beginning, starting with the first known works by Peri and Monteverdi of the late 16th and early 17th century, and it never stopped being sung-through either in the period until the 1750s or, for that matter, in the period after the 1750. This includes both the opera seria and the opera buffa varieties. The statement is sourced, but it's misleading as it stands, since it implies opera buffa was some kind of exception. I'm sure the sources confirm opera buffa was sung-through, but I'm also sure that they don't say that this is somehow a unique or distinguishing feature of opera buffa either. 87.126.21.225 (talk) 21:53, 21 July 2023 (UTC)