Rock Opera Style Overview

Rock Opera Music Description

A rock opera is a collection of rock music songs with lyrics that relate to a common story. Rock operas are typically released as concept albums and are not scripted for acting, which distinguishes them from operas, although several have been adapted as rock musicals. The use of various character roles within the song lyrics is a common storytelling device.

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  Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
  Meat Loaf
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  Alice Cooper Goes To Hell
  Alice Cooper (2)
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  Live At Leeds
  The Who
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  Tommy
  The Who
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  Quadrophenia
  The Who
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  Jesus Christ Superstar
  Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice*
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  Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
  The Kinks

Rock Opera Artists

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  The Kinks
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  The Who
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  Meat Loaf
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  Pankow (2)
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  The Pretty Things
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  Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One
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  Levente Szörényi

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  S.F. Sorrow
  Pretty Things*
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  Tommy
  The Who
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  Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
  The Kinks
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  See Me, Feel Me / Overture From Tommy
  The Who
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  The Story Of Simon Simopath
  Nirvana (2)
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  Pop History Vol 4
  The Who
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  Hair
  Tampereen Popteatterin Kuoro Ja Orkesteri

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  Quadrophenia
  The Who
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  The Story Of The Who
  The Who
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  Joe's Garage Acts II & III
  Frank Zappa
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  Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
  Zappa*
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  Bat Out Of Hell
  Meat Loaf
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  Quadrophenia
  The Who
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  Tommy
  The Who