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Razor sharp: Sweeney Todd at English National Opera

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“ENO are making a grand gesture. It is to herald a new return to musical theatre”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 31 March 2015
Sondheim, Sweeney Todd (Semi-staged)
David Charles Abell, Conductor
Lonny Price, Director
James Noone, Set Designer
Tracy Christensen, Costume Designer
Sir Bryn Terfel, Sweeney Todd
Emma Thompson, Mrs Lovett
Katie Hall, Johanna Baker
Rosalie Craig, Beggar Woman
Matthew Seadon-Young, Anthony Hope
John Owen-Jones, Adolfo Pirelli
Jack North, Tobias Ragg
Alex Gaumond, Beadle Bamford
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*****
Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO
****1
Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
*****
Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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