The difference between musicals and operas: Musicals are mainly a kind of drama, while operas are mainly a kind of musical art.

1. The narrative rules of musicals are traditional. They usually pay attention to the coherence of plots and try to avoid obstacles in the audience’s understanding of the plot. However, in terms of narrative rhythm, they belong to the modern jumping type and deal with specific scenes. It pays attention to fast pace, is good at creating tension, and builds the audience's expectations for drama suspense. The stage atmosphere pursues a lively and fiery stage, and large areas of color contrast are often used to create strong contrasts.

2. The stage narrative rules of opera are basically jump-type, which does not pay much attention to the continuity of the plot. The scene arrangement is jumpy, and the audience often needs to fill in many plot gaps by themselves; while the stage narrative rhythm It is basically traditional, step-by-step, steady, the stage atmosphere is solemn, and the drama unfolds slowly.