Operas - all text, no music! re: AlternativeUlster in BBC Magazine

In the March 2024 issue of BBC Magazine,
on pages 50-54, there's yet another opera,
this called Abomination, that's all politics, with
apparently no music, as there's no reference to
the actual music other than saying that
"storytelling is the heart of Irish music";
so it *is* Irish music, in case you're wondering.

Since music is so immaterial to Opera, I wonder
if there should be a specific music with
Opera at all? The audience could wear earbuds
playing their individualized favorite background
music when listening to the recitations so all can
be satisfied with going to the opera!