Her daughter and how much she cares for her
Your answer would be: Fine details and rich tonal variations!
Four characters are in the midst of a very ambiguous and dramatic situation, but all of them sing their own respective text and music lines, which intertwine and create beautiful harmonies. The Duke and Maddalena interact, but Gilda and Rigoletto sing for themselves. The drama is frozen in a single moment. On the other hand, in a spoken play, the drama moves forward in such scenes. It isn't restrained by music.
Elf is about a man that claims to be an elf but tries to find his father but he thinks thinks its his boss if I'm right that he claims to be his father