WordNet
musical drama
n. opera in which the musical and dramatic elements are equally important; the music is appropriate to the action
Usage examples of "musical drama".
At a Theater with no name, no fix'd address, this night happ'ning to be upon Broad-Way, printing no Handbills, known only by word of mouth, Dixon upon the advice of a Ferry-Companion attends a Stage performance of the musical drama The Black Hole of Calcutta, or, The Peevish Wazir.
Later I watched another entertainment, this time in hologram, a musical drama telling an ancient legend of the love and revenge of the fire-God.
It was because she had allowed herself to be surprised by a man that the Valkyrie Brynhild - heroine of Wagner's musical drama -incurred the wrath of Odin.