music drama

noun

: an opera in which the action is not interrupted by formal song divisions (such as recitatives or arias) and the music is determined solely by dramatic appropriateness

Examples of music drama in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The actor has a busy schedule, with upcoming roles in the drama Omaha (2025), the German music drama Köln 75 (2025), the heist film The Mastermind (2025), and Maggie Gyllenhaal's monster flick The Bride! —EW.com, 14 June 2025

Samuel Barber’s even more opulent music drama by the same name opened the Met’s new house in 1966, with Price as the queen of queens, and is now remembered chiefly as a spectacular dud. —Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025

Tracee Ellis Ross After Black-ish, Tracee Ellis Ross continued her rise to stardom, earning critical acclaim for her role in the music drama The High Note. —Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled a host of new faces for its upcoming music drama The Runarounds. —Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for music drama

• katayama
• melodrama
• pranayama
• psychodrama
• agama
• bahama
• pajama
• ulama
• brahma
• chama
• comma
• dama