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Opera Vs Oratorio
Because operas were banned during Lent the emergence of the oratorio occurred. While both the opera and the oratorio are based on stories they are performed very differently. Operas have a set, costumes, and use acting. Oratorios are just the musical performance without the set, costumes, or acting. Handel wrote in both genres because they were both popular during this time period but were played during different
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