Composer John Miner may be best known for his rock opera Heavens Cafe, which was staged at the Flamingo Theater in Las Vegas 1996, the Charleston Performing Arts Center in 1997, and later at Insurgo Theater in Los Angeles in 2004.
 Miner formed the progressive rock group Art Rock Circus to perform the music with a live band on stage alongside the singers and actors.
 Investor Mike Lewis was instrumental in financing and staging Heavens Cafe.
 The Tributary Music Label released a live CD of Heavens Cafe to the progressive rock community in 2000.
Smoke Rise was an American progressive rock band in 1969-1972.
 In 1970, they created the first American Rock Opera, "The Survival of St. Joan", based on a play and a libretto by James Lineberger and produced by Oscar-winner Stephen Schwartz and Dave Blume.
 The 2-record set concept album with libretto was issued in 1971 by Paramount Records (PAS-9000).
 Smoke Rise was known as a very melodic group with smooth 3 and 4 part harmonies, guitar solos and fills, and a tight rhythm section that rocked with the best groups of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The Theater Equation is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon.
 "The Theater Equation" originally consisted of a four live performances, with cast, choir and small orchestra, of the 2004 album "The Human Equation", as an actual rock opera, complete with mise-en-scène.
 It is the first Ayreon live release, although Ayreon songs had previously been featured on live albums by two of Lucassen's other musical projects ("Live on Earth" by Star One and "Live in the Real World" by Stream of Passion), and marks the first time an Ayreon album was performed live in its entirely.
 "The Theater Equation" consisted of four shows, all played in Rotterdam between September 18 and 20, 2015, with the last performance being the one recorded for the album.
Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer.
 He is known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow and Deep Purple.
 During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop rock band Fandango in the late 1970s; and in the early 80s, he became a member of Rainbow, fronting the band and writing songs with guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore and bassist, and producer, Roger Glover.
 After Rainbow had disbanded (the first time) in March 1984, he pursued a solo career, released one album, Rescue You, and then later did session work, singing background vocals for the likes of Billy Joel, Cher, and Michael Bolton.
 On the advice of Bolton, Turner began recording jingles for radio and television.
 Other songs he had composed or through collaboration with songwriters like Desmond Child and Jack Ponti were being recorded and released by international recording artists Jimmy Barnes, Lee Aaron, and Bonfire.
 Turner had a short-lived association with neoclassical metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and then Deep Purple.
 From the mid-1990s, he resumed his solo career, releasing an additional nine studio and two live recordings.
 Turner did other session work, appearing as lead vocalist on tribute albums and working on projects involving various musical groups including progressive rock band Mother's Army; Bulgarian hard rock band Brazen Abbot; funk rock duo Hughes Turner Project; and classic rock/ progressive rock band Rated X.
 In 2006, Frontiers Records approached Turner to become involved with the AOR side project Sunstorm.
 By 2016, four albums under the Sunstorm name had been released.
 That same year, Turner released "The Sessions" via Cleopatra Records featuring a veritable who's who of classic rock royalty as guest musicians, before resuming his seemingly constant touring schedule back in Europe
The Weirding is an album by American progressive rock band Astra.
 It was their debut album, released in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2009, and on June 23 of that year in the United States.
 It was released on the independent label Rise Above Records.
 The album was released and received overall positive reviews, noting that the music was very similar to that of 1970s progressive rock bands like Pink Floyd and Yes, along with the space-rock outfit Hawkwind. "
Mojo" said "The quintet's lengthy gestation period has resulted in a sublime debut that evokes various '70s colossi - panoramic Pink Floyd, mellotron-era King Crimson, Black Sabbath in philosophical mode - without ever stooping to pastiche".
The following is a list of artists who have released at least one album in the progressive rock genre.
 Note that individuals are included "only" if they recorded or performed progressive rock as a solo artist, regardless of whether they were a member of a progressive rock band at any point.
 For instance, Robin Trower never again performed in a progressive rock style after his departure from Procol Harum, so he is not listed here.
 Rick Wakeman is, because he recorded a number of solo albums in a progressive rock vein.
 Individual band members who have never recorded solo, such as John Myung of Dream Theater, also are not listed.
Susumu Hirasawa (平沢 進 ) (born April 1, 1954) is a Japanese musician and composer.
 In the fifth year of elementary school, Hirasawa took up the electric guitar, inspired by the surf and instrumental rock bands he heard on the radio and on TV, later joining his junior high school's band.
 In 1973 he formed Mandrake, a progressive rock band that incorporated elements from heavy metal and krautrock.
 Being one of the few Japanese progressive rock bands of its time, Mandrake achieved little success and released no albums during its lifetime.
 After discovering punk rock and working on synthesizer-heavy projects, Hirasawa felt that progressive rock became just for entertainment and decided to reform the band as the electronic rock band P-Model in 1979.
 Originally met with success, they turned to decidedly uncommercial post-punk and experimental rock after Hirasawa went through an averse reaction to his fame.
 With Hirasawa at the forefront, the band went through various lineups and achieved some popularity in the Japanese independent music scene.
Night Castle is the fifth rock opera by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra; a double CD that includes a sixty-page booklet illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt, it was released on October 28, 2009, debuting at #5 on the Billboard charts and #1 on the rock music charts.
 It was certified gold in eight weeks and is currently a platinum album.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is an American progressive rock band founded around 1993 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill, who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli (both members of Savatage) and keyboardist and co-producer Robert Kinkel to form the core of the creative team.
 The band gained in popularity when they began touring in 1999 after completing their second album, "The Christmas Attic" the year previous.
 In 2007, the "Washington Post" referred to them as "an arena-rock juggernaut" and described their music as "Pink Floyd meets Yes and The Who at Radio City Music Hall."
 TSO has sold more than 10 million concert tickets and over 10 million albums.
 The band has released a series of rock operas: "Christmas Eve and Other Stories", "The Christmas Attic", "Beethoven's Last Night", "The Lost Christmas Eve", their two-disc "Night Castle" and "Letters From the Labyrinth".
 Trans-Siberian Orchestra is also known for their extensive charity work and elaborate concerts, which include a string section, a light show, lasers, "enough pyro to be seen from the International Space Station", moving trusses, video screens, and effects synchronized to music.
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995.
 The band consists of Claudio Sanchez (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards), Travis Stever (lead guitar, backing vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), and Zach Cooper (bass, backing vocals) The group's music incorporates aspects of progressive rock, pop, heavy metal, and post-hardcore.

Question: Night Castle is the fifth rock opera by an American progressive rock band that was founded in 1993 by what producer?
Answer: Paul O'Neill