1.   The people of the village perform musical dramas which have been passed down through the generations.

2.   But it lacked the breath of life, which real and worldly characters give to musical drama.

3.   Audiences try hard to experience an uplifting event of intense musical drama.

4.   A musical drama, the play focuses on the theme of love through the experiences of three different couples.

5.   But as musical drama, the opera is derivative and almost sunk with symbolism.

6.   Goodman came in after the film had been revamped from its original concept as a musical drama.

7.   He longed to write operas devoid of arias and set pieces, operas that were one continuous span of musical drama.

8.   It is bad poetry both ways but splendid musical drama.

9.   It offers good cues for musical drama in its depiction of a sleepy Flemish village awakened when a mad scientist releases gas into the local atmosphere.

10.   James Levine conducted this score as if it were not just a savvy, melodically sweeping musical drama but an important composition.