jesus christ superstar lyric opera chicago tickets

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Lloyd Webber’s score has always been borderline bombastic, from Mary Magdalene’s wonderstruck anguish in “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” to Jesus’ long dark night of soul-searching in “Gethsemane.” But Lloyd Webber has a gift for weaving dissonance with three-part, major key triads.Under the baton of conductor Tom Deering, a mighty orchestra (composed primarily of Lyric Opera Orchestra musicians) surrounds the cast with sound that reaches the heavens. Starring Heath Saunders as Jesus and Ryan Shaw as Judas, Sheader’s “Superstar” lives at the intersection of the profane and the sublime, a place where crosses morph into stripper poles, and temples turn into dens of debauchery filled with merchants literally blinded by gold. And blessed with a 37-person orchestra and including a six-piece, onstage rhythm section, this “Superstar” has a lush, glorious sound the likes of which you’ve never heard before. The Lyric’s 48-member cast of principals and ensemble is almost twice as large its London predecessor.

While the Lyric production is deeply rooted in Sheader’s London staging, for its North American premiere in Chicago, the Brit has gone big. Tickets: $44-$219 Info: Run time: 1 hour, 55 minutes, with one intermission ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ ★★★★ When: Through May 20 Where: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N.

Jesus christ superstar lyric opera chicago tickets