The Collegiate Chorale’s 2014/2015 Season

The Collegiate Chorale announces its 2014-15 season: the New York City Premiere of Eric Idle and John DuPrez’s Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) at Carnegie Hall, followed by George F. Handel’s Susanna at Town Hall, and the US Premiere of Kurt Weill and Franz Werfel’s The Road of Promise at Carnegie Hall. For more information and tickets, visit http://collegiatechorale.org/season-ticket/.

Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)

December 15-16 2014 at 8pm at Carnegie Hall; tickets $30-145

Featuring Eric Idle, Victoria Clark, Marc Kudisch, Lauren Worsham, and William Ferguson with Conductor/Director Ted Sperling and Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

From the creators of the hit Broadway musical Spamalot, Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) is a zany spoof on Handel’s Messiah, based on Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Described by Eric Idle as “Baroque-N-Roll,” Not The Messiah features a lively pastiche of musical styles ranging from pop, country, and Broadway to doo-wop, hip hop, and Greek chorus. Hit songs include “Hail to the Shoe,” “We Love Sheep,” and the audience favorite and sing-along “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.”

Tickets on sale September 4, 2014.

Susanna

February 3, 2015 at 8pm at Town Hall; tickets $30-95

Featuring Isabel Leonard, Daniela Mack, Javier Abreu, and Zachary James with Conductor James Bagwell, and Director Ted Sperling and Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

Bridging the genres of oratorio and ballad opera, Handel’s intriguing Susanna originally premiered at Covent Garden in 1749. Based on an Apocryphal chapter from the biblical Book of Daniel, Susanna tells the story of a virtuous young woman who is falsely accused of sexual promiscuity by two lecherous elders. Aided by the boy prophet Daniel, the true nature of the elders is exposed and Susanna is proven innocent. Tickets on sale November 6, 2014.

The Road of Promise

May 6, 2015 at 8pm and May 7, 2015 at 7pm at Carnegie Hall; tickets $30-135

Featuring Anthony Dean Griffey, Danny Burstein, Mark Delavan, Philip Cutlip, Lauren Michelle, Megan Marino, and Justin Hopkins with Conductor/Director Ted Sperling and Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

The Road of Promise is a new concert adaptation of Kurt Weill and Franz Werfel’s 1937 epic musical spectacle, The Eternal Road. A dramatic mix of opera, musical theater, and biblical pageant play, The Road of Promise tells the story of a young boy left in the care of a Rabbi and his congregation in the wake of a pogrom. To calm the boy’s fears and help him understand his faith and heritage, the Rabbi recounts ancient biblical tales, and as he does, the stories of Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Rachel, Moses, Ruth, Saul, and David all come to life. Tickets on sale January 8, 2015.