Ballad Opera

In Ballad Opera, a five-issue miniseries from French publisher Glénat (2019–2020), a mysterious masked figure known only as the Opera Ghost pulls the strings of a shadowy, theatrical world of crime and intrigue. Set in a visually lush, operatic milieu, the series blends noir sensibility with baroque melodrama, as its cast of performers, assassins, and schemers play out their deadly roles. Best known for the evocative, painterly art of its primary creative team, the series stands as a compact, atmospheric thriller that marries European comics' stylistic flair with a tightly wound revenge narrative.