What's your review of the 2015 English National Opera (ENO) West End production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum? It's directed by Lonny Price, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Hugh Wheeler. The cast includes Emma Thompson (Mrs Lovett) and Bryn Terfel (Sweeney Todd).
#SweeneyTodd #ENO #LondonColiseum Did you get to see Sweeney Todd at the Coliseum? Did you enjoy the full show or just parts of it?
About Sweeney Todd in the West End
Cast and characters:
Emma Thompson as Mrs Lovett
Bryn Terfel as Sweeney Todd
Matthew Seadon-Young as Anthony Hope
Katie Hall as Johanna Barker
Philip Quast as Judge Turpin
Jack North as Tobias Ragg
Alex Gaumond as Beadle Bamford
Rosalie Craig as Beggar Woman
John Owen-Jones as Pirelli.
Emsemble includes:
Madeleine Harland, Lydia Gerrard, Leah Penston, Frankie Jenna, Verity Quade, Susannah Van den Berg, Anna O’Byrne, Molly Lynch, Emily Bull, Gaia Wise, Alexandra Grierson, Vicki Lee Taylor, Katie Kerr, Ffion Emyr, Nancy Hill, Edd Campbell Bird, Alastair Brookshaw, Kane Oliver Parry, Scott Cripps, John Barr, Aaron Lee Lambert, Gary Tushaw, Ashley Robinson, Jeff Nicholson, Joseph Prouse, Gavin James, Marc Akinfolarin, Jacob Chapman, Ian Caddick and Adam Vaughan.
(Information from https://musicaltheatrereview.com/sweeney-todd-at-the-eno-production-images-released/)
The The ENO orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell.
Sweeney Todd songs include:
Act I
Organ Prelude / The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – The Company
No Place Like London – Todd, Anthony and Beggar Woman
The Barber and His Wife – Todd
The Worst Pies in London – Mrs. Lovett
Poor Thing – Mrs. Lovett
My Friends – Todd and Mrs. Lovett
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise) – Company
Green Finch and Linnet Bird – Johanna
Ah, Miss – Anthony and Beggar Woman
Johanna – Anthony
Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir – Tobias Ragg, Todd, Mrs. Lovett and Company
The Contest – Company
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 2) – Ensemble
Wait – Mrs. Lovett
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3) – Ensemble
Johanna (Judge’s Song): Mea Culpa – Judge Turpin
Kiss Me (Part I) – Johanna and Anthony
Ladies in their Sensitivities – Beadle Bamford
Kiss Me (Part II/Quartet) – Beadle Bamford, Johanna, Anthony and Judge Turpin
Epiphany – Todd
A Little Priest – Todd and Mrs. Lovett
Act II
God, That’s Good! – Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd and Company
Johanna (Quartet) – Anthony, Todd, Johanna and Beggar Woman
By the Sea – Mrs. Lovett
Wigmaker Sequence
Not While I’m Around – Tobias and Mrs. Lovett
Parlor Songs – Mrs Lovett
Final Sequence
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – Company
(from https://www.sweeneytodd.co.uk/synopsis-and-songs/)