Caligula the Musical () is a tragic Argentine musical inspired by the life of the titular Roman emperor from the Julio-Claudian dynasty. It was written by Pepe Cibrián with original music by Martín Bianchedi.

Productions It premiered in 1983 in Buenos Aires, during the 1976–1983 dictatorship, and made a comparison between the cruelty of Caligula and Argentinian state terrorism, which ended with thirty thousand disappeared. It had a small cast of nine people. The musical was not targeted by the government due to the belief that it was just a musical. However, Cibrián and the cast did create a second, more tame version of the show, which they performed when government officials came to supervise or observe rehearsals.

In 2002, it returned for a run in Buenos Aires, in the Teatro del Globo, with a new musical adaptation by Ángel Mahler and a small cast of fourteen people and a live orchestra. It was directed by Cibrián and choreographed by Rubén Cuello. The message of the show was adapted to the December 2001 Argentinazo crisis. It received a positive review from La Nacion.

In 2005, the Premier de Buenos-Aires theater put on a version with a cast of twenty people plus a live orchestra. In September of that year it traveled to Santa Fe to perform. In 2013, it was performed at the Konex de Buenos Aires with a cast of 17 people.

Cast recording Caligula the Musical released a cassette in 1983, and a CD in 2002, through La Isla studios. The disc contained the principle voices of Damián Iglesias and Giselle Dufour.

The 1983 recording contained the following songs:

1. Obertura 2. Toma el poder 3. Tema de Calígula 4. Pobre pueblo 5. Cesonia 6. Casamiento 7. Goza 8. Que viva 9. Pobre César 10. Venus imperial 11. Debo darle un final 12. Se acerca la luz 13. Final (Tema de Calígula)

The 2002 CD contained the following songs:

1. Esto tú tendrás 2. Existo y existiré 3. Llegada de Drusila 4. Corre 5. Un nuevo césar 6. Pobre pueblo 7. Libertad 8. Yo soy Dios 9. Si yo pudiese 10. Cesonia 11. Ser madre 12. Senadores 13. Baile Mnester 14. Goza 15. Toma mi vida 16. Vivo 17. Corran ya 18. Como darte 19. Pobre César 20. Confesión 21. Venus imperial 22. Violación querea 23. Toma el poder 24. Debo 25. Muerte Mnester 26. Muerte Drusila 27. Muerte Calígula 28. Final

References

External links Impactante estreno Calígula Gira Nacional Santa Fe