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Opera is a performance which started in the 1590s in Italy. It is a piece of performance which has the combination of a musical score and a libretto. This form of musical theatre includes spoken word too, such as some scenery, acting, costumes and dance. Opera is most commonly performed in an Opera house with music accompaniment in the form of an orchestra.
Minstrel shows
This form of musical theatre was entrainment in America, these types of performance contained comical sketches, variety acts, dancing and music. This was performed mainly by white people with 'black face' (black painted faces).
It was a poor representation of black people depicting them to be ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous and musical.
The mistrel show first began in the early 1830s but did not become popular until the 1840s. It was still a form of entertainment until 1910, performances from amateurs lasted until the 1960s. As black people began to become victorious against racism, the popularity began to decrease.
This type of musical theatre was popular between 1850 and 1960 and it was known as Music Hall. It entailed a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts. British Music Hall was quite similar to American Vaudeville, in which in contained comedy acts and rousing songs.
Film Musicals are musicals that are in Hollywood films. This is where characters of the film will sing songs to advance the plot line. Most of these musicals involved a subgenre of musical comedy, which combined music, comedy and dancing. The first film musical was in 1923.
Musicals that contain popular songs with a connection with an era or band, are known as Jukebox Musicals. The songs are sung in certain parts of the musical to fit the plot. Usually if the musical numbers are from a band or musician, the plot will be a biographical story. For example Buddy was about the life of Buddy Holly and Mamma Mia was about the music of ABBA. The first Jukebox musical was in 1975.