useless trivia: What Word Means: Gapes?

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- Abbreviation of mezzo soprano.?

- A type of American-influenced light stage entertainment which succeeded the musical comedy in the mid-20th century. Now known simply as a musical. An example is Phantom of the Opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.?

- A medley of popular tunes.?

- A Wagnerian term for opera, which he felt to be inadequate. This term describes Wagner's new concept of the leitmotif and the fusing of scenery, costume, libretti, music and drama into a new art.?

- A term describing (from the 1960's) dramatic works simpler than opera and suitable for the concert platform.?