Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
In June 2015, Pete Townshend produced an orchestral version of the album Quadrophenia entitled Classic Quadrophenia. The album was orchestrated by his partner Rachel Fuller and conducted by Robert Ziegler, with instrumentation provided by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Tenor Alfie Boe sang the lead role, supported by the London Oriana Choir, Billy Idol, Phil Daniels, and Pete Townshend.
Released as a double-album in 1973, The Who’s rock opera QUADROPHENIA is a conceptual work set in the 1960s milieu of the Mod movement during which they began their career in west London. The central character of Jimmy is a disaffected youth who hates his parents and lowly job, but finds release from blue-collar drudgery with his fellow Mods, popping pills and riding motor-scooters to weekend concerts by bands like The Who. But the freedom he finds turns out to be illusory. The album title comes from the personalities of the four members of The Who, used to represent the four sides of Jimmy. Townshend has described the album as the best music he has ever written.
In 1979 it was turned into a film, directed by Franc Roddam (and featuring a young Sting in a key role) and has been performed live by The Who, sometimes with guest performers.
In 2012 The Who played the album in its entirety on tour.
Returning in 2025, the album is for the first time a dance production called "Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet" featuring a large cast of exceptional dancers, introducing new audiences to troubled mod Jimmy’s story while remaining true in spirit to the much-loved original. The orchestral version of the album by Rachel Fuller is the backdrop for this adrenaline filled rollercoaster ride.
#thewho #petetownshend #quadropheina #modballet
#quadmodballet #mygeneration
In June 2015, Pete Townshend produced an orchestral version of the album Quadrophenia entitled Classic Quadrophenia. The album was orchestrated by his partner Rachel Fuller and conducted by Robert Ziegler, with instrumentation provided by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Tenor Alfie Boe sang the lead role, supported by the London Oriana Choir, Billy Idol, Phil Daniels, and Pete Townshend.
Released as a double-album in 1973, The Who’s rock opera QUADROPHENIA is a conceptual work set in the 1960s milieu of the Mod movement during which they began their career in west London. The central character of Jimmy is a disaffected youth who hates his parents and lowly job, but finds release from blue-collar drudgery with his fellow Mods, popping pills and riding motor-scooters to weekend concerts by bands like The Who. But the freedom he finds turns out to be illusory. The album title comes from the personalities of the four members of The Who, used to represent the four sides of Jimmy. Townshend has described the album as the best music he has ever written.
In 1979 it was turned into a film, directed by Franc Roddam (and featuring a young Sting in a key role) and has been performed live by The Who, sometimes with guest performers.
In 2012 The Who played the album in its entirety on tour.
Returning in 2025, the album is for the first time a dance production called "Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet" featuring a large cast of exceptional dancers, introducing new audiences to troubled mod Jimmy’s story while remaining true in spirit to the much-loved original. The orchestral version of the album by Rachel Fuller is the backdrop for this adrenaline filled rollercoaster ride.
#thewho #petetownshend #quadropheina #modballet
#quadmodballet #mygeneration
