Sweeney Todd : the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Opera North's highly acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim 's musical thriller, setting Christopher Bond 's adaptation of Hugh Wheeler 's book. Sweeney returns from years of hard labour in Australia to wreak vengeance on the man who had him unjustly convicted. But his revenge soon extends to as many of the citizens of London as he can kill, ably assisted by the inventive pie-shop owner Mrs Lovett. This semi-staged concert performance was given in March in the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London. Introduced by Geoffrey Smith.
Chorus of Opera North,
English Northern Philharmonia, conductor James Holmes
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8.30 Villainy or Vengeance?
Tonight's Sweeney, Stephen Page , talks to Geoffrey Smith about the role of Sweeney and Sondheim's black humour.
8.35 Act 2