Similarly, Andrew Clements of The Guardian called Tommy a subversively-labeled musical. In the best-known role of his career, László Pelsőczy plays the title role of Stephen in István, a király, which he played at the King's Hill and at the Szeged Open Air FestivalĪccording to Fleming, rock operas are more akin to a cantata or suite, as they are not usually acted out. In Russian music, the term zong-opera (Зонг-опера) is sometimes used, since the first Soviet-Russian rock-opera Orpheus and Eurydice was described with this term, though the term "rock-opera" was already known in the Soviet rock music circles.Ī rock opera that experienced commercial recording and Broadway success is Jesus Christ Superstar, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and in respect of which Lloyd Webber said "the piece was written as a rock album from the outset and set out from the start to tell the story through the music itself." Style File:Pelsőczy László fortepan 125570.jpg The resulting rock operas have met varying degrees of success as the worlds of high art and low art mix. In an effort to appeal to more modern audiences, opera companies have welcomed more pop and rock influences. Tommy would go on to influence On and On, a rap opera by The Fat Boys and American Idiot, a punk rock opera by Green Day. Scott Mervis of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that, although Tommy was not the first rock opera, it was the first album to be billed as such. Sorrow, critics have compared The Who's Tommy to it. Although Pete Townshend denied taking any influence from S.F. Sorrow (1968) by The Pretty Things is "generally acknowledged as the first rock opera". Neil Strauss of The New York Times wrote that S.F. In an early use of the term, the July 4, 1966, edition of RPM Magazine (published in Toronto) reported that " Bruce Cockburn and Mr Hawkins are working on a Rock Opera, operating on the premise that to write you need only 'something to say'." Ĭolin Fleming of The Atlantic described The Story of Simon Simopath (1967) by British psychedelic band Nirvana as an "early foray into the rock opera sub-genre".
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