A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

A Night At The Opera, Queen's quintessential masterpiece, features the mega-famous Bohemian Rhapsody, considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The genius of Mercury to compose a combination of rock, opera and choirs in less than 6 minutes is out of this world, so much so that at a time when radio stations didn't broadcast songs of more than 3 or 4 minutes, they surrendered to the originality and forcefulness of the proposal, and it became an obligatory piece of radio programs. Of course, it is not the only outstanding song on the album, probably the very progressive and powerful Prophet's Song would be considered the "Bohemian Rhapsody" if it had not existed, its more than 8 minutes in which it combines dense and calm passages with changes of dramatic rhythms and a cappella choirs, also make it a gem and one of the band's best compositions, followed by the beautiful Love of my Life, much better known for its live performance devoid of piano and harp arrangements from the studio version.

The rest of the songs maintain a high level, from the criticism of their original manager in Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To ...), to the fun and short cabaret-style song Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Roger Taylor's passion for the cars in I'm In Love With My Car, sung by Taylor himself, acoustic '39, among others, to end the album with his adaptation of the UK's national anthem God Save The Queen, whose pre-recorded version is It would become the closings of all the band's live performances.

With A Night At The Opera, Queen became one of the reference groups of the rock scene of the seventies and eighties.