From: Alan Cairns 

On 5/11/04 3:15 PM, in article 40a14f88$1{at}w3.nls.net, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

> Musical, too.  Opera has only music and recitative.  Straightforward dialog
> moves the production out of opera and into ... operettas, musicals, etc.
> (At least, that's the criteria I've been given to work with.)


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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