Opera is just a musical with larger voices and a different language. Musicals are just plays where the words were put to song and sometimes dance. Plays are just stories you have read put into live action. Westside Story is a musical that can pass as an opera. And it is based on a play of a story we all know – Romeo and Juliet. – - I had always seen bits and pieces of Westside Story – Then our local opera company put on Westside Story – won me over.
Opera is just a musical with larger voices and a different language. Musicals are just plays where the words were put to song and sometimes dance. Plays are just stories you have read put into live action. Westside Story is a musical that can pass as an opera. And it is based on a play of a story we all know – Romeo and Juliet. – - I had always seen bits and pieces of Westside Story – Then our local opera company put on Westside Story – won me over.