The new “Jesus Christ Superstar” in Freiberg: Loud, clichéd and superficial | free press

Is there a better stage for the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” than a house of worship? The fact that the new Central Saxony production of the successful play by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice did not celebrate its premiere on Monday in the Freiberg Theater but in the sold-out Nikolaikirche next door was a plus. There the…