VSO Sweeney Todd
Saturday, May 2, 2015 - 7:30pm
Forum:
Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller
at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by HUGH WHEELER
From an Adaptation by CHRISTOPHER BOND
Originally Directed on Broadway by HAROLD PRINCE
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr,
Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards
in Association with Dean and Judy Manos
In English with lyrics projected above the stage.
Saturday, April 25 • 7:30pm
Sunday, April 26 • 2:00pm matinée
Thursday, April 30 • 7:30pm
Friday, May 1 • 7:30pm
Saturday, May 2 • 7:30pm
Sunday, May 3 • 2:00pm matinée
All performances at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Approximate running time: 2 hours 45 minutes (including one intermission)
Winner of countless awards, Sweeney Todd is darkly comical and endlessly entertaining. The indelible cast of characters and the evocatively grimy setting combine with Sondheim’s unmatchable lyrics and complex orchestral score for a rich theatrical and musical experience
Starring real-life husband and wife Greer Grimsley, one of the great bass-baritones of his generation, as Sweeney Todd, and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Luretta Bybee as Mrs. Lovett.
This production includes depictions of violence. Not suitable for children.
https://www.vancouveropera.ca/whats_on/2014-2015_season/sweeney_todd