Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels’ accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centred on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples. Contemporary attitudes, sensibilities and slang pervade the rock opera’s lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events. Stage and film productions accordingly contain many intentional anachronisms.

Jesus Christ Superstar – Gethsemane

The image is from the movie (1973), however the vocal is Ian Gillan from 1970 album.

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Initially unable to get backing for a stage production, the composers released it as a concept album, the success of which led to the show’s Broadway on-stage debut in 1971. By 1980, the musical had grossed more than $237 million worldwide.

With Norman Jewison’s direction and a ridiculously talented cast, 1973’s Jesus Christ Superstar, filmed entirely in the Holy Land itself, brought to the big screen an infinitely human character. Revered, condemned, murdered, and ultimately deified, Jesus Christ was first a man, an emotional, thinking, bleeding, feeling someone not unlike you. Which is what makes this so compelling a tale. Through it all – the idolization, the betrayal, the public ridicule – Christ himself remains human.

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