Though described by its composer Freddie Mercury as a "mock opera" (Brown 2012, 155), it has also been characterized as a "sort of seven-minute rock cantata (or ‘megasong’) in three distinct movements" (Taruskin 2009, 328).
Iako ju je skladatelj, pjevač Freddie Mercury opisao kao "lažnu operu", ona je također bila karakteristična kao "svojevrsna 7- minuta rock kantata ili 'megapjesma') u tri različita stavka" (Taruskin 2009, 328).