Category: Music

Questioning Religion: The Rock Opera Jesus Christ Superstar

By Elaine Paulionis Phelen on May 4, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

In 1971, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice debuted the rock opera, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The musical began as a rock opera concept album which […]

Mozart’s Masonic Opera: The Magic Flute

By Elaine Paulionis Phelen on November 9, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Described as “an Enlightenment allegory, veiled in Masonic ritual,” The Magic Flute was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final opera. A prolific composer, Mozart’s portfolio of works included over six hundred pieces of symphonic, […]