From: "John Beamish" 

Have to agree with you.

"Alan Cairns"  wrote in message
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>
> By and large true. "Pirates" and all the G & S oeuvre have spoken
dialogue,
> so I think it's fair to call them operetta. "Evita" has no
spoken dialogue
> (except for the few closing words from Che), but then,
"Tosca" has the "Et
> avanti lui a trema tutta Roma" spoken. I think "Evita"
could fairly be
> described as opera.
>
> Alan
>

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