History Music / ANightAtTheOpera

* GriefSong: "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a MurderBallad about someone who killed a man and feels bad about it.

'''''A Night At The Opera''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Queen}}, released in 1975. It is named after the famous Creator/TheMarxBrothers [[Film/ANightAtTheOpera film of the same name]]. It's best known for the hit singles "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend", and is often considered the band's MagnumOpus. A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series.

* Music/BrianMay - guitar, backing and lead vocals, ukelele, koto, harp

# "Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)"
# "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon"
# "I'm In Love With My Car"
# "You're My Best Friend"
# "39"
# "Sweet Lady"
# "Seaside Rendezvous"

# "The Prophet's Song"
# "Love Of My Life"
# "Good Company"
# "Bohemian Rhapsody"
# "God Save The Queen"

* DaysOfTheWeekSong: "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon" mentions Sunday.

'''Tracklist'''

'''Side 1'''

'''Side 2'''

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: "Bohemian Rhapsody" has several Italian words thrown in for rhyme and epicness.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" is "dedicated" to the band's former manager, and gives him quite an earfull.

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!! Tracklist:

* Brian May - guitar, backing and lead vocals, ukelele, koto, harp
* Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano

* AllTheOtherReindeer: "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me." - "Bohemian Rhapsody".

** "But now you can kiss my ass goodbye!" - "Death On Two Legs".

* CallAndResponseSong: "Bohemian Rhapsody".
* CargoShip: "I'm In Love With My Car".

* DaysOfTheWeekSong: "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon".
* DefiantToTheEnd: "Nothing really matters to me, anyway the wind blows." - "Bohemian Rhapsody".

* FaceDeathWithDignity: "Gotta to leave you all behind and face the truth." - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

* GrandFinale: "God Save The Queen".

* GriefSong: "Bohemian Rhapsody".

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: "Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all." - "Bohemian Rhapsody".

* MurderBallad: "Mama, just killed a man."

* ThePowerOfFriendship: "You're My Best Friend".
* TheProphecy: "The Prophet's Song".

** "I see a little silhouette-o of a man" - "Bohemian Rhapsody".

* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: "Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?" - "Bohemian Rhapsody".

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''A Day At The Races'', again named after a Marx Brothers film, similar album cover art and again a lot of EpicRiff-driven HardRock tunes with classical music influences.

* WalkingSwimsuitScene: "Seaside Rendezvous".

* WordSaladLyrics: "Bohemian Rhapsody".

* AutoErotica: "I'm In Love With My Car".

* StockSoundEffects: "I'm In Love With My Car" ends with car noises.

* CoverSong: "God Save The Queen".

** "Bohemian Rhapsody'', which is a mini opera. Several songs have instrumentations lent from classical music.

* SelfBackingVocalist: The middle part of "The Prophecy Song" has Mercury backed by his own voice, left and right from the speaker.

** The first Queen album to have each member write at least one song.

'''''A Night At The Opera''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Queen}}, released in 1975. It is named after the famous Creator/TheMarxBrothers [[Film/ANightAtTheOpera film of the same name]]. It's best known for the hit singles "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend", and is often considered the band's MagnumOpus.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?"'']]

''A Night At The Opera'', named after the famous Creator/TheMarxBrothers [[Film/ANightAtTheOpera film of the same name]], is a famous music album, released in 1975 by Music/{{Queen}}. It's best known for the hit singles "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend", and is often considered the band's MagnumOpus.

** "But you can all kiss my ass goodbye!" - "Death On Two Legs".

** The album title references Creator/TheMarxBrothers film ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''. Their next album would be named after another Marx Brothers album ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces''.

* AStormIsComing: "The Prophet's Song'', based on the biblical story of Noah.

* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: During "Bohemian Rhapsody" the vocal overdubs are impossibly high and equally impossible to imitate by real humans.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Apart from the album title being the same as a famous Marx Brothers film the track "Love Of My Life" shares the same title as a Music/FrankZappa song from ''Cruisin' With Ruben & The Jets'' (1968), but is otherwise unrelated.

* TheWoobie: The titular character in "Bohemian Rhapsody", who is apparently "a poor boy who needs no sympathy" and nobody loves. He kills a man and feels bad for it, yet at the same time "nothing really matters to [him]" and he decides to face his fate.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"
I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?"'']]

''A Night At The Opera'', named after the famous Creator/TheMarxBrothers [[Film/ANightAtTheOpera film of the same name]], is a famous music album, released in 1975 by Music/{{Queen}}. It's best known for the hit singles, ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''You're My Best Friend'' and is often named the band's MagnumOpus.

* AllTheOtherReindeer: ''I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me.'' - ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.

* AudienceParticipationSong: ''Love Of My Life'' would later be turned into a concert duet with the audience.
* AutoErotica: ''I'm In Love With My Car''.
* BadassBoast: "But you can all kiss my ass goodbye!" - ''"Death On Two Legs"''.

* BoringButPractical: Brian May's method for supplying the harp parts on A Night At The Opera. Since he couldn't actually play the instrument, he recorded each chord separately and edited them together to get the lines he wanted.
* CallAndResponseSong: ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.

** "Seaside Rendezvous" from A Night At The Opera has "I love you madly", while "Was It All Worth It" from The Miracle has "We love you madly".
* CoverSong: ''God Save The Queen''.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''I'm In The Love With My Car'', sung by drummer Roger Taylor.
* DaysOfTheWeekSong: ''Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon''.
* DefiantToTheEnd: 'Nothing really matters to me, anyway the wind blows.'' - ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: During ''Bohemian Rhapsody' the vocal overdubs are impossibly high and equally impossible to imitate by real humans.
* EpicRocking: ''Bohemian Rhapsody'', ''The Prophet's Song''.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Played with. A few (but not all) of the songs from A Night at the Opera have similar endings: the song [[FakeOutFadeOut will pretend to end]], but then a [[GratuitousPanning heavily panned]] coda appears out of nowhere. At first, it sounds like it builds up to something, but nothing's really done with it.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: ''Gotta to leave you all behind and face the truth.'' - ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.

* FiveStagesOfGrief: The intro starts off "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"; the narrator is going through Denial. The part where the narrator talks about "Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter" is the narrator going through Despair. The opera part, especially the "Will you let me go?", is the narrator Bargaining. The hard rock section is, of course, Anger. In the final, gentle-sounding stage, the narrator shifts back into Despair before finally settling on Acceptance.
* GenreRoulette: classical music, music hall and opera.
* GrandFinale: ''God Save The Queen''.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' has several Italian words thrown in for rhyme and epicness.
* GriefSong: ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
* {{Instrumentals}}: ''God Save The Queen''.

** "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon'', which is played in the style of a music hall song.

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: ''Sometimes wish I've never been born at all.'' - ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
* IWantMyMommy: The protagonist in ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' moans for his mother.
* LyricalColdOpen: ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' starts off with an opening chorus.

* MurderBallad:
--> ''Mama, just killed a man.''
* NonAppearingTitle: ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
* NoSympathy: The protagonist in ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' is ''just a poor boy'' and needs ''no sympathy''.
* NotableMusicVideos: One of the most iconic and frequently [[BohemianParody parodied]].
* ThePowerOfFriendship: ''You're My Best Friend''.
* TheProphecy: ''The Prophet's Song''.
* SelfBackingVocalist: The middle part of ''The Prophecy Song'' has Mercury backed by his own voice, left and right from the speaker.
* SexySilhouette: The band at the start of the music video of ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
** ''I see a little silhouette-o of a man''- ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.

** ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' provides a shout-out to Literature/{{Scaramouche}}, UsefulNotes/GalileoGalilei and [[Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro Figaro]].
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Apart from the album title being the same as a famous Marx Brothers film the track ''Love Of My Life'' shares the same title as a Music/FrankZappa song from ''Cruisin' With Ruben & The Jets'' (1968), but is otherwise unrelated.
* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: ''Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?''- ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
* SongStyleShift: ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.

* StockSoundEffects: ''I'm In Love With My Car'' ends with car noises.
* TakeThat: ''Death On Two Legs'' was a scathing attack on their former manager Norman Sheffield. Could count as a TheReasonYouSuck too.
* VillainProtagonist: The murderer in ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: ''Seaside Rendezvous.''
* TheWoobie: The titular character in ''Bohemian Rhapsody'', who is apparently ''a poor boy who needs no sympathy'' and nobody loves. He kills a man and feels bad for it, yet at the same time ''nothing really matters to him'' and he decides to face his fate.
* WordSaladLyrics: ''Bohemian Rhapsody''.

* MurderBallad: "Mama, just killed a man" from "Bohemian Rhapsody" is sometimes heard as "Mama just killed a man" (as in the mother killed someone and not the protagonist). "Bismil'lah" (Arabic for "by the grace of God") is often misheard as "Miss Miller" or even "Max Miller". "The algebra is the devil put aside for me", or some variation thereof, is another common o

* TakeThat: ''Death On Two Legs'' was a scathing attack on their former manager Norman Sheffield. Could count as a TheReasonYouSuckSong too.

''A Night At The Opera'', named after [[Film/ANightAtTheOpera the famous Creator/TheMarxBrothers film of the same name]], is a famous music album, released in 1975 by Music/{{Queen}}. It's best known for the hit singles, ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''You're My Best Friend'' and is often named the band's MagnumOpus.