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News Alert:  New addition to
Caramoor summer line-up

CARAMOOR INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
TO PRESENT THE U.S. PREMIERE OF
NOT THE MESSIAH (HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY)
BY ERIC IDLE AND JOHN DU PREZ

Comic oratorio by the creators of Spamalot to have two performances
at Caramoor, Sunday, July 1, at 3:30 and 7:30 pm

Eric Idle to appear as soloist and narrator

Katonah, New York - General Director Michael Barrett is delighted to announce a new addition to the recently-unveiled 2007 Caramoor International Music Festival program:  the United States Premiere of Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), a comic oratorio by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, the duo that unleashed Spamalot on the world.

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), inspired by Monty Python's Life of Brian, will have two performances in Caramoor's Venetian Theater on Sunday, July 1, at 3:30 and 7:30 pm with the Orchestra of St. Luke's led by Peter Oundjian, Caramoor's Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor, featured soloists, and Eric Idle as both soloist and narrator.
 
"We are proud to present this major U.S. premiere at Caramoor," said Michael Barrett.  "These are the only performances scheduled in the United States for 2007 and our audiences are in for a real treat with this delightful and hilarious oratorio written by and starring an internationally-renowned comic genius."  
 
"As the Messiah was to the Bible, so Not the Messiah is to Life of Brian," said Eric Idle, who is also conductor Peter Oundjian's real-life first cousin.  "It is shorter than Handel, funnier than Handel, but obviously not as good theologically."

The 2007 Caramoor International Music Festival opens on June 23 and continues for seven weeks through August 5 with performances of classical, jazz, opera, Latin-American music and bluegrass, in the Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, and the Music Room of the House Museum as well as other locations on the magnificent Caramoor estate. 

Tickets are now on sale for all performances online at www.caramoor.org or by calling
914-232-1252.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

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Not the Messiah was commissioned by Luminato: Toronto Festival of Arts & Creativity, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

World Premiere performance in Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada on June 1, 2007, conducted by Toronto Symphony Orchestra Music Director Peter Oundjian.