New Music theater
Many folks these days also draw a distinction between Opera, Grand Opera, Musical Theater and New Music Theater. Opera is now a overgeneralized term. Grand Opera is tradition based (meaning based on other Operas) and is performed in Opera Houses. Music theater is performed on Broadway and off, and off-off Broadway. For New Music Theater it ain’t necessarily so. Anything can go and be performed anywhere. Composers and creators of NMT can come from any style or tradition not just musical. See my musicus simplisticus lesson. It can also be a reaction to the difficulty of getting an “opera” performed. Look up the Once Group and the early days of the Minnesota Opera. Many people who compose New Music Theater call them operas. This is either because they are not familiar with the terminology or for marketing purposes.