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}}</ref> Conversations, speeches and musings are communicated musically though a combination of [[recitative]], [[aria]] and [[arioso]]. A few examples of sung-through musicals would be: ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'', ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'',<ref name="boublil" /> ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', ''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'', and ''[[Miss Saigon]]''.<ref name="boublil" />
}}</ref> Conversations, speeches and musings are communicated musically though a combination of [[recitative]], [[aria]] and [[arioso]]. A few examples of sung-through musicals would be: ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'', ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'',<ref name="boublil" /> ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', ''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'', and ''[[Miss Saigon]]''.<ref name="boublil" />

== List of sung-through musicals ==
* [[Evita (musical)|Evita]]
* [[Jesus Christ Superstar]]
* [[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]
* [[Les Miserables]]<ref name="boublil" />


==References==
==References==

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Sung-through (also through-sung) refers to a musical or opera with little or no spoken dialogue.[1] Conversations, speeches and musings are communicated musically though a combination of recitative, aria and arioso. A few examples of sung-through musicals would be: Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables,[1] Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jekyll & Hyde, and Miss Saigon.[1]

List of sung-through musicals

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vermette, Margaret (2007). The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg. pp. 37, 41. ISBN 1557837155, 9781557837158. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)