Broadway operas Broadway operas Four Saints in Three Acts is an opera by American composer Virgil Thomson with a libretto by Gertrude Stein. ...more on Wikipedia about "Four Saints in Three Acts"
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced in 1970, it highlights the political and interpersonal struggles of Judas Iscariot and Jesus. The action takes place within the last week of Jesus's life, beginning with the entry into Jerusalem and ending with the Crucifixion. Twentieth-century attitude and sensibilities pervade the lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Les Misérables, commonly known as Les Mis, is a musical based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. The name, which is French, is pronounced . ...more on Wikipedia about "Les Misérables (musical)"
Porgy and Bess is an opera with music by George Gershwin and libretto by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on Heyward's novel Porgy and the play of the same name that he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy. All three works deal with African American life in the fictitious Catfish Row in Charleston, South Carolina in the early 1930s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Porgy and Bess"
Street Scene is a Broadway musical or, more precisely, an "American Opera" by Kurt Weill (music), Langston Hughes (lyrics), and Elmer Rice ( book), based on Rice's play of the same name. The original production was directed by Charles Friedman and opened on Broadway at the Adelphi Theater on January 9, 1947. It closed on May 17 of the same year after having played 148 performances. Weill referred to his piece as an "American Opera" or a "Broadway Opera", meant to be a synthesis of European traditional opera and American musical theater. The score is almost entirely sung, and the piece is now frequently produced by opera companies. There are opera arias and ensembles (some of them with obvious links and references to the style of Puccini), such as Anna Maurrant's "Somehow I never could believe" and Frank Maurrant's "Let things be like they always was". Some of the more identifiably Broadway-style "numbers" include "Ain't It Awful," "A Marble and a Star," "Wrapped In a Ribbon and Tied in a Bow," "Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway?", "Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed," and "What Good Would the Moon Be?" ...more on Wikipedia about "Street Scene (opera)"
Tommy ( 1969) is one of The Who's two full-scale rock operas, and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. In some older publications it is called Tommy (1914-1984). The opera was composed by Who guitarist Peter Townshend, with two tracks contributed by Who bassist John Entwistle and one fictitiously attributed to Who drummer Keith Moon, though actually written by Townshend. ** An earlier song by blues artist Sonny Boy Williamson was also incorporated into the opera. Playing time is 74 minutes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tommy (rock opera)"
Trouble in Tahiti is a short opera composed by Leonard Bernstein to an English libretto written by himself. It received its first performance on 12 June 1952 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trouble in Tahiti"
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