Organization

Oper Wuppertal

Stage director

Erik Petersen

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Jürgen Grimm

Costume designer

Verena Polkowski

Set designer

Set designer (+7)

Sam Madwar

Choreographer

Librettist (+3)

Yoko El Edrisi

Dramaturge

Annabelle Köhler

Dramaturge (+2)

David Greiner

Singer (+1)

Oedo Kuipers

Jesus

Bass-baritone (+5)

Sebastian Campione

Kaiphas

Singer

Maureen Mac Gillavry

Maria Magdalena

Tenor (+1)

Kim-David Hammann

Simon Zelot

Tenor (+4)

Mark Bowman-Hester

Herodes

Petrus

Lasarah Sattler

Soulgirls

Chorusmaster

Ulrich Zippelius

Marie-Philine Pippert

Baritone (+3)

Jakub Wocial

Judas

Child vocalist (+2)

Yannic Blauert

Dance capitain

Christopher Hochstuhl

Pontius Pilatus

Annas

Judas Thaddäus

Jaroslaw Nowaczek

Wuppertaler Bühnen und Sinfonieorchester GmbH

Chorus

Opernchor der Wuppertaler Bühnen

Orchestra

Band of the Wuppertal Theaters

Youth chorus of the Wuppertaler Bühnen

Singer (+2)

Stefanie Smailes

Librettist (+5)

Matthias Knaab

Jesus People

Adriano Sanzò

Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano (+5)

Marco Agostini

1. Priest

Bass (+1)

Hak-Young Lee

2. priest

Tenor (+2)

Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Mezzo-soprano

Teresa Heiligenthal

Woman by the fire

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Banu Schult

Jochen Bauer

Old man

Bass (+3)

Oliver Picker

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Katharina Greiß

Woman

Ute Temizel

Bass (+2)

Javier Horacio Zapata Vera

Chorusmaster (+1)

Markus Baisch

Judas Iscariot criticizes Jesus Christ for allowing himself to be celebrated too much by the crowd and for bringing the prostitute Mary Magdalene to the disciples. In his anger, he turns to the Pharisees, who promise him a reward if he betrays Jesus. Judas sees this betrayal as his duty and the Pharisees now manipulate the crowd in such a way that Jesus is nailed to the cross with loud hooting.

With the rock opera ›Jesus Christ Superstar‹, the British Andrew Lloyd Webber and the librettist Tim Rice achieved the breakthrough to become the most successful musical team of all time. The film adaptation of the play from 1973 - like the play on the stage - was initially rejected as blasphemous by various Christian groups, which does not detract from the popularity of the work, which has meanwhile become a classic. The production is a takeover from the Oldenburg State Theater.

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