Tim Rice wrote a 1970 rock opera with Annie Lennox.
 The musical was adapted into the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring O'Brien as Riff Raff, with Curry also reprising his role; the movie has the longest-running release in cinematic history and is considered one of the most recognizable cult films of all time
 Other rock-influenced musicals, such as Tommy (1969) and Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), Les Misrables (1980), Rent (1996), Spring Awakening (2006), and Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012) employ various operatic conventions, such as through composition, recitative instead of dialogue, and leitmotifs

