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The Metal Opera

album by Avantasia
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The Metal Opera

Summary

The Metal Opera is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Metal Opera's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Metal Opera's genre is power metal[4].
  • The Metal Opera was produced by Tobias Sammet[5].
  • The Metal Opera was performed by Q158641[6].
  • The Metal Opera's record label is recorded as AFM Records[7].
  • The Metal Opera is part of Avantasia's albums in chronological order[8].
  • The Metal Opera's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Metal Opera was distributed by Compact Disc Digital Audio[10].
  • The Metal Opera was published on January 22, 2001[11].
  • The Metal Opera's cover art by is recorded as Jean-Pascal Fournier[12].
  • The Metal Opera's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+3552'}[13].
  • The Metal Opera's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[15]

  • First release date: 2001-01-22[16]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, metal, power metal, rock, rock opera, symphonic metal[17]

  • Community tags: german metal, heavy metal, metal, metal opera, power metal, rock, rock opera, symphonic metal[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c9b4d2e6-dc11-37c7-b99d-3244fc4ea1a4[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Metal Opera was performed by Q158641[6]. It was produced by Tobias Sammet[5].

Publication

The Metal Opera was released on January 22, 2001[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is power metal[4]. It is part of Avantasia's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by Compact Disc Digital Audio[10].

Why It Matters

The Metal Opera ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Compact Disc Digital Audio

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . metal-archives.com. Retrieved . metal-archives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . metal-archives.com. Retrieved . metal-archives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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