A Night At The Opera
Of course a night at the opera was also the title of a marx brothers movie and the reference isn t lost on queen who seldom scaled the heights of pomprock without a knowing wink.
A night at the opera. Driftwood groucho marx guarantees patroness margaret dumont a position in high society if she bankrolls an opera. A night at the opera is nothing less than an american comedy classic. There is some surface noise on this one but it didn t ruin the listening experience for me. I would gather this is a result of the multi color press.
A night at the opera is queen s crowning moment their masterpiece their sgt. Referencing a night at the opera lp album club re rm mul d002995401. A night at the opera 1935 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. The marx brothers a night at the opera another fine moment with groucho and margaret dumont mrs claypool remember that this picture is made in the earl.
Produced by roy thomas baker and queen it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release. A night at the opera is a 1935 american comedy film starring the marx brothers and featuring kitty carlisle allan jones margaret dumont sig ruman and walter woolf king. That distinction would result from 1977 s news of the world. It was the first of five films the marx brothers made under contract for metro goldwyn mayer after their departure from paramount pictures and the first after zeppo left the act.
All that queen had learnt from their first three lp s all their musical ambition and artistic vision would all come to fruition on this excellent lp. The film was written by george s. It s not queen s biggest selling lp. It was most notable on prophet s song side b.
Maragaret dumont appeared with groucho on the hollywood palace television show in 1965 and the couple did a brief repartee from groucho s famous captain spaulding routine. Queen s 4th studio album a night at the opera is their magnum opus. It s very quiet and doesn t overtake the music. 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.