Jesus Christ Superstar
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Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospel accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of
Paul Nicholas in Jesus Christ Superstar
2013 production in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ian Gillan
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Ian Gillan is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice.
Jesus Christ Superstar
…songs were written and conceived as an album musical, before the musical was created and staged. On the original album, the part of Jesus was sung by Ian Gillan, with Murray Head as Judas, Michael d'Abo as King Herod, Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene, and Barry Dennen as Pilate. In July 1971, the first authorised…
Gillan performing live with Deep Purple in Germany, July 2022
Gillan onstage with Deep Purple in Hamburg, 1971
Gillan in Barcelona, 1983
Gillan performing live with Deep Purple at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, 1985