What are the forms of opera?

1, Opera is a comprehensive art integrating music (vocal music and instrumental music), drama (script and performance), literature (poetry), dance (folk dance and ballet) and stage art. , usually composed of aria, recitation, chorus, overture, interlude, dance scenes, etc. (Sometimes, as early as in ancient Greek drama, there was chorus accompaniment, and some recitations even appeared in the form of singing; In the Middle Ages, miracle dramas with religious stories as the theme and promoting religious views were also filled with incense and continued to this day.

2. The vocal part of the opera includes solo, duet and chorus, and the lyrics are the lines of the characters in the play (depending on the style, it can also be said in plain English); Instrumental music usually has a prelude or overture at the beginning of the whole play, and early operas also have a dedication prelude (including vocal music). In each scene, instrumental music is not only the accompaniment of singing, but also plays a connecting role. Scenes are often interspersed, or each scene has its own prelude. Dance can also be inserted into the process of drama.

3. The musical structure of opera can be composed of relatively independent musical fragments, or it can be a constantly developing unified structure. The important vocal styles in opera include recitation, aria, aria, recitation, duet and chorus. Its genre style includes opera, comic opera, grand opera, operetta, operetta, musical comedy, chamber opera, musical and so on.