Grand Theatre, Leeds: Stephen Sondheim once deftly answered a question about what makes a show an opera or a musical by saying, "I've always defined opera as anything done in an opera house in front of an opera audience." The venue defines partly the way it is presented, and partly the way it is received: in an opera house, the emphasis is on the musical qualities, both orchestral and vocal, with the a…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:20AM on May 8, 2012