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Originally Posted by Cheerio
Is this the movie version of a play (opera?) . . . .
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FWIW (and not touching the alto-contralto controversy
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Les Mis would be classified as a sung-through (or through-sung, or through-composed) musical. The lines between a sung-through musical and an opera can be blurry ---
really blurry -- but the best explanation I ever heard is that in an opera, everything, including the story, serves the music, while in a musical (including a sung-through musical) everything, including the music, ultimately serves the story. So, for example, in a musical, the director will have the final say, while in an opera, the conductor will have the final say.
Somewhat arbitrary, but the best way I have come across to describe the difference.
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Originally Posted by ASUADPi
The highlight is missing the following "main" songs (and plus a lot of minor ones, as the musical is strictly singing, but I've heard the movie won't be, much like the Rent movie was)...
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Ugh! I hated that about the movie of
Rent.
Haven't seen the movie of
Les Mis yet, but I hope I can before too long. It's not my favorite musical by a long shot -- I like it okay, but I never really got all the hype about it -- but I'm always happy when a movie musical comes out.