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  • The second is 1974's glam-fabulous Starmaker, a TV rock-opera precursor to the Kinks' concept album Soap Opera, in which Davies's rock god decides to live as an accountant named Norman for research purposes.

    This week's new film events 2011

  • Ms. Taymor's particular gift for theatrical contrivance receives a boost from the actual Hawaiian island setting that breathes beneath layers of computer generated tinsel, brightly colored costumes and 70's rock-opera sound-track bombast.

    The Best of the Fest Greater New York Staff 2010

  • A goth-industrial rock-opera, yes -- but not a film/novel that takes its subject matter this seriously.

    MOVIE REVIEW: Repo Men (2010) 2010

  • The second is 1974's glam-fabulous Starmaker, a TV rock-opera precursor to the Kinks' concept album Soap Opera, in which Davies's rock god decides to live as an accountant named Norman for research purposes.

    This week's new film events 2011

  • The show is inspired by the band's hit rock-opera record of the same name and includes all the songs from that album.

    Green Day's Great White Way Ellen Gamerman 2010

  • The show is inspired by the band's hit rock-opera record of the same name and includes all the songs from that album.

    Green Day's Great White Way Ellen Gamerman 2010

  • The show is inspired by the band's hit rock-opera record of the same name and includes all the songs from that album.

    Green Day's Great White Way Ellen Gamerman 2010

  • So it should come as no stretch nor any real surprise that The Decemberists 'newest album, The Hazards of Love takes the form of that vaunted exercise in musical construction: the rock-opera.

    Verena von Pfetten: HuffPost Review: The Decemberists -- The Hazards Of Love 2009

  • If you are in the mood for a slasher-esque feature tied together with a rock-opera theme, look no further than Repo!

    DVD Review: Repo! The Genetic Opera 2009

  • On January 20, Lionsgate released their horror rock-opera Repo!

    Contest: ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera’ DVD 2009

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