English National Opera - Sweeney Todd Reviews
29 March 2024
Bryn Terfel, Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson, Ensemble
Katie Hall, Matthew Seadon Young
John Owen-Jones
Alex Gaumond, Emma Thompson

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Sweeney Todd

English National Opera


No. of reviews: 14

A tasty theatrical treat…
7 Apr 15 / Gay Times
Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson star in Sondheim’s opera-cum-musical
3 Apr 15 / Financial Times
Razor sharp
3 Apr 15 / Bachtrack
Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson looked like they were having a grisly ball
2 Apr 15 / Wales Online
This production, starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel, is an intoxicating treat
2 Apr 15 / Evening Standard
Ban this filth
2 Apr 15 / Londonist
A production that earns its keep in the opera house but never overwhelms the musical
2 Apr 15 / The Stage
Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson in razor-sharp thriller
2 Apr 15 / The Guardian
Emma Thompson returns to London stage after 25 years in absurdly deluxe ENO production
2 Apr 15 / Independent
Presented with such simultaneously operatically faithful yet theatrical combustible energy.
2 Apr 15 / London Theatre
Emma Thompson offers 'unbridled joy as Mrs Lovett' in Sondheim's classic
2 Apr 15 / What's on Stage
A whacking great banquet
2 Apr 15 / Telegraph
Blunt and bloody
1 Apr 15 / The Spectator
It's meaty indeed!
1 Apr 15 / Daily Mail
Production details
Cast
Terfel, Thompson, Seadon-Young, Hall, North, Quast, Gaumond, Craig, Owen-Jones
(c) Abell (d) Price
Performance dates
30, 31 March, 1, 2, 4(m), 4, 7, 8 April 2015
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