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Razor sharp: a bloody Sweeney Todd at Welsh National Opera

Von Simon Rees, 09 Oktober 2015
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“Janis Kelly... an irresistibly comical, sinister Mrs Lovett”
Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 8 Oktober 2015
Programm
Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Darsteller
Welsh National Opera
James Holmes, Musikalische Leitung
James Brining, Regie
Colin Richmond, Bühnenbild
David Arnsperger, Sweeney Todd
Janis Kelly, Mrs Lovett
Jamie Muscato, Anthony Hope
Soraya Mafi, Johanna Baker
Steven Page, Judge Turpin
George Ure, Tobias Ragg
Aled Hall, Beadle Bamford
Charlotte Page, Beggar Woman
Paul Charles Clarke, Adolfo Pirelli
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Welsh National Opera Chorus
Chris Davey, Licht
Anna Morrissey, Choreographie
George Newton-Fitzgerald, Bass
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Aled HallAnna MorrisseyCharlotte PageChris DaveyColin RichmondGeorge Newton-FitzgeraldJames BriningJames HolmesJanis KellyPaul Charles ClarkeSoraya MafiStephen SondheimSteven PageSweeney ToddWelsh National OperaWelsh National Opera ChorusWelsh National Opera Orchestra
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Simon Rees
Simon Rees
Simon Rees writes programme articles and surtitles for most British opera companies, and reviews for Opera, Opera Now, Musical Opinion, Early Music Today and a wide range of other publications. A novelist, poet and librettist, from 1989 to 2012 he was dramaturg at Welsh National Opera. He lives in Cardiff.