Myth and spectacle combine in The Who’s exhilarating 1969 rock opera, Tommy—including the unforgettable anthems “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me,” “Sensation” and “Pinball Wizard.” ...
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The term “rock opera” is amorphous ... plots of Verdi are no more sensationally dramatic than the story of “Tommy,” with its beleaguered but triumphant hero, its rogue’s gallery of ...
Written primarily by guitarist Pete Townshend, Tommy is a double album and an early rock opera that tells the story of the fictional Tommy Walker and his path to becoming a spiritual leader and ...
The seminal rock-opera of our time, THE WHO'S TOMMY is the classic story of the "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who becomes a media sensation. The first WNY production in nearly two decades ...
‘The Who's Tommy' "The Who's Tommy" has an incredibly unique tone, as the rock opera strikes a balance between its heavy and important themes of trauma and rollicking musical numbers. "It's ...
From the Who’s “Tommy” and “Quadrophenia” to Green Day’s “American Idiot” and Beyoncé’s “Lemonade,” the pop music world has produced more than its fair share of rock operas ...