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Sweeney Todd

Playing from 01 April to 10 February
Tickets released May 2 at 10 a.m.
Music & lyrics
Stephen Sondheim
Book
Hugh Wheeler, after Christopher Bond
Conductor
David Björkman
Director
Michael Cavanagh
Set design
Magdalena Åberg
Costume and mask design & cross hatching
Lena Lindgren
Light design
Linus Fellbom
Sound design
Avgoustos Psillas
Choreography
Joakim Stephenson
Dramaturge
Katarina Aronsson
Language
Sung in English, with Swedish surtitles.
Running time
Approx. 2 hours 55 minutes incl. interval.

Sondheim's horror-filled Broadway classic SWEENEY TODD back at the Royal Swedish Opera


»Experiencing Michael Cavanagh’s solid, measured and sonorous staging at the Royal Swedish Opera is a joy, « wrote Dagens Nyheter after the premiere in 2023 of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd. The sold out production is now making an eagerly awaited comeback.

»Masterful play in blood-soaked musical«
SvD


When the embittered Sweeney Todd hears that his wife has died, he takes up his old profession as a barber – with the aim of murdering all hateful people who cross his path. By way of assistance he has Mrs. Lovett, who bakes meat pies to a recipe that is the stuff of nightmares.


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What happens in Sweeney Todd

At the London docks 1850. Sweeney Todd, a surly, stoic man in his forties, express his feelings about being back in London – and he is full of grim irony. Sweeney finds Mrs. Lovett’s Pie Shop and stands gazing at it. Mrs. Lovett sees him and is excited to have a customer. She offers him a pie but admits they are disgusting. She apologizes, explaining that times have been hard, and meat is difficult to come by... READ FULL SYNOPSIS HERE »



Performance dates

Cast with reservation for changes
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Cast

Anthony Hope
Sweeney Todd
Beggar Woman
Mrs. Lovett
Judge Turpin
Mr. Beadle
Pirelli
Jonas Fogg/Bird Keeper
Conductor

Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra