Madrid is the first to see a new version of the rock opera "Jesus Christ - Superstar" On the Adventures of Jesus in the Middle East

The premiere of the new version of the famous American rock opera "Jesus Christ - Superstar" in the production of British director Stephen Rain will be held in September in Madrid. “This version of the musical tells that it can happen to such a person as Jesus, if he turns out to be in our time in the Middle East,” Raine said, noting that “there are many coincidences” between the period when the Messiah lived and the events that unfold these days in this region.

The English director also noted that despite the modern approach to setting, the storyline will “almost fully comply with the biblical story,” RIA Novosti reports.

The premiere of the famous rock operators performed by Spanish actors will be held at the Lope de Vega Madrid Theater on September 20. According to the organizers, the Dutch promotional company Stage Entertainment, more than 10 thousand tickets for all closest shows have already been sold.

Rock -Opera "Jesus Christ is a superstar", which appeared in 1970, the British Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice did not conceive as a traditional musical, leading his pedigree from the operetta, but as a full -fledged opera, written in modern musical language and in compliance with all opera traditions (Hero Aria, Horus, Aria, Aria, Aria, Aria. heroine). Unlike traditional musicals, there are no dramatic pieces here - everything is built on vocals and recitivates.

In the same year, after a successful “live” concert, a record was recorded and released, which dispersed with millions of copies, and in October 1971, the premiere of an expanded stage option took place on Broadway. The musical, telling about the last week of the life of Jesus from Nazareth, was a huge success and was subsequently repeatedly set up on the main scenes of the whole world, including in Spain - in 1975 and 1984.