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 ...

Rock opera is a very niche sub-genre that hasn’t necessarily graced the music industry in a successful manner regularly. However, when it has, it has made history. Two musicians who made a killing on ...

Forget Tommy. The newly re-released Quadrophenia represents the highest achievement in a lovably overblown genre: guitar music with story lines. MCA/Polydor Frequently pretentious, occasionally ...

SEATTLE — It’s a Monday night at El Corazon here, and the Protomen are trying to figure out their set list. There are few recent standbys — they’ve been playing “Princes of the Universe” a lot on this ...

Labelle, a new rock opera inspired by the trio of the same name, is currently in development. Written by Labelle’s own Nona Hendryx, in collaboration with two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright ...

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 ...

Anderson made the announcement via Facebook, posting some artwork for the tour as well as some background information about a set list that purports to "tell the story of the original Jethro Tull’s ...

If Jesus Christ can have a rock opera, why not Dionysus? After all, the Greek god of wine, a.k.a. Bacchus, is the original rock star, known for whipping his intoxicated followers into a frenzy of ...

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 ...