
King David.
King David is a musical/oratorio about the Biblical King David.
Cast[]
- Marcus Lovett - David
- Stephen Bogardus - Joab
- Martin Vidnovic - Saul
- Alice Ripley - Bathsheba
- Roger Bart - Jonathan
- Judy Kuhn - Michal
- Anthony Galde - Absalom/Ensemble
- Peter Samuel - Samuel
- Daniel James Hodd - Solomon
- Bill Nolte - Goliath/Ensemble
- Timothy Shew - Abner/Ensemble
- Timothy Robert Blevins - Agag/Ensemble
- Peter C. Ermides - Uriah/Ensemble
- Michael Goz - Jesse/Ensemble
Plot[]
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Prologue" - David, Bathsheba, Young Solomon, Joab and Chorus
- "Israel and Saul" - Joab, Samuel, Saul and Chorus
- "Samuel Confronts Saul" - Saul, Samuel, Agag and Chorus
- "Samuel Anoints David" - Joab, Samuel, Jesse, David and Chorus
- "The Enemy Within" - Saul and Chorus
- "There is a View..." - Joab, Abner, Saul and Chorus
- "Psalm 8" - David
- "Genius from Bethlehem" - Saul, David, Abner, Joab, Jonathan and Michal
- "The Valley of Elah" - Goliath, Abner, Joab, David, Saul and Soldiers
- "Goliath of Gath" - Goliath, David, Joab, Soldiers and Chorus
- "Sheer Perfection" - Joab, Saul, David and Michal
- "Saul Has Slain His Thousands" - Joab and Chorus
- "You Have It All" - Saul, Jonathan and David
- "Psalm 23" - Saul and David
- "You Have It All/Sheer Perfection" (Reprises) - Jonathan, Joab, Michal and David
- "Hunted Partridge on the Hill" - Joab, Saul, Michal, David and Men
- "The Death of Saul" - Saul, Jonathan, Ghost of Samuel and Chorus
- Act II
- "This New Jerusalem" - David, Absalom, Voice of Jonathan, Joab and Chorus
- "David and Michal" - David, Joab and Michal
- "The Ark Brought to Jerusalem" - David and Chorus
- "Never Again" - Michal and David
- "How Wonderful the Peace" - Absalom, Joab, David and Chorus
- "Off Limits" - Bathsheba, David and Joab
- "Warm Spring Night" - David
- "When in Love" - Bathsheba
- "Uriah's Fate Sealed" - David, Joab, Bathsheba and Chorus
- "Atonement" - David, Ghosts of Saul & Samuel, Bathsheba and Chorus
- "The Caravan Moves On" - Joab, Absalom, David, Ghosts of Saul & Samuel and Men
- "Death of Absalom" - Joab and Absalom
- "Absalom My Absalom" - David
- "Solomon" - Solomon, Joab, David and Bathsheba
- "David's Final Hours" - Michal, David, Joab, Bathsheba, Voices of Goliath, Saul, Jonathan & Samuel and Chorus
- "The Long Long Day" - David
- "This New Jerusalem" (Reprise) - Solomon and Company