The Who are famous for pioneering the rock opera. A concept album bringing a classical form to rock fans, the rock opera is the meeting ground for high art and low(er) art. Here we’ll be looking at ...

Pete Townshend is turning his 2019 novel The Age of Anxiety into a rock opera, featuring a soundtrack of new original songs. The Who guitarist is also working on a documentary chronicling the entire ...

The COAL MINE THEATRE will produce their first ever World Premiere, a fully sung through rock opera based on Euripides’ The Bacchae, DION: A ROCK OPERA. The production is co-created by COAL MINE ...

Cynthia Erivo transformed the Hollywood Bowl into a spiritual battleground during her commanding performance as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. The Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winning actress ...

The composer asked Pasadena residents what they'd tell residents from 1925 and 2125, then turned their answers into a time-traveling song cycle.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Renaissance Theatre is presenting Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s legendary rock opera, "Jesus Christ Superstar," for a ...

From dystopian grids to teenage tragedies, we rank 15 bombastic masterpieces that pushed the boundaries of rock’s dramatic storytelling potential.

Bold intentions do not always make for a good show, and though Adam B. Levowitz’s original rock adaptation of ”Mozart’s Don Giovanni — a rock opera” has ambition, there’s much work to be done for this ...

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Rock opera, the tradition that has thrived since its early days of the Who's Tommy and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, now embraces another likely figure: Genghis Khan. The show blends ...