Sinhala Dictionary definitions for melodrama
melodrama 🔊 /mɛˈlʌdɹɑˌmʌ/
melodrama : අතිනාට්යය
melodrama : උද්වේග නාට්යය
melodrama : උද්වේගය ප්රධාන නාට්යය
melodrama definition
Noun. Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's "Fidelio".