AT least 150 students at Crescent College Comprehensive are staging the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar at the Dooradoyle Road school this Thursday December 3 to Sunday 6 at 8pm. The show is one celebration of CCC’s 150th anniversary.
When Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber introduced the album in 1970, Vatican Radio stated: “In this modern piece the suffering of Christ is seem with more human insight and the figure of the Redeemer is brought even closer to mankind than through the Holy Scriptures.”
The story is of the last seven days of the radical Jesus of Nazareth, brought to life here by Richie Ryan as musical director, Maire Keary Scanlon as conductor and Susan Ryan as choreographer.
Lorcan Murray RTE Lyric FM at the launch with, Cian Scanlon (Jesus) and Caoimhe Mc Guire ((Mary Magdalene); Jesus Christ Superstar, December 3-6, 8pm.
