Due to management issues, Queen had received almost none of the money they earned for their previous albums. Named after the Marx Brothers' film of the same name, A Night at the Opera was recorded at various studios across a four-month period in 1975. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, ( spoiler alert) instead of the star-crossed lovers finding a tragic end, Noda wondered what if they made it after all, but in medieval Japan? “In fact, two ‘Romeo’s’ and two ‘Juliet’s’ will appear in Q telling both the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet with the story of Romeo and Juliet that lived on.A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 21 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. “How wonderful to be a part of Japanese culture after all these years with what promises to be a new chapter in theatre history in this first year of the new Reiwa era.” “We are thrilled and honoured that legendary playwright and director Hideki Noda has chosen to expand on the theatrical aspect of Queen’s album A Night at The Opera and actually make it into a real live play,” says Queen guitarist Brian May in a statement. in Japan originated the idea for the theatrical adaptation of the LP in an effort to explore and expand on the “worldview presented in the album as a whole,” then pitching the concept to Queen.

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Queen a night at the opera songs