Press Night Pics: ENO's Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Last night the English National Opera's Sweeney Todd officially opened at the London Coliseum. Special guests included Jacquie Brunjes, Yvie Burnett, Jayne Torvill, Chrissy Gaffney, Richard Stilgoe and Frank Skinner as well as Mr Stephen Sondheim! Check out images below (click image to enlarge).

Sweeney Todd is the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. It runs for a limited season at the London Coliseum until 12th April 2015. 

Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson lead the cast as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in Lonny Price’s production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s  musical. Joining them are 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 and John Owen-Jones as Pirelli. 

Review: ENO's Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

ENO's Sweeney Todd
London Coliseum
Reviewed on Tuesday 31st March 2015
★★★★

There has been no shortage of Sweeney Todd productions in London over recent months. However, I haven't seen Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s show since the 2012 West End revival with Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton so went with a relatively fresh mind and high expectations.

Production images released for Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Production images have been released for Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum. Check out the images below (select image to enlarge).

The production stars: Bryn Terfel as Sweeney Todd, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett, 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 and John Owen-Jones as Pirelli. 

Joining them are: 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.

John Owen-Jones joins Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson in Sweeney Todd

West End star John Owen-Jones has revealed that he will play Pirelli in Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum.

Owen-Jones joins a stellar cast led by the previously announced Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett. Philip Quast will play Judge Turpin

This production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical thriller marks the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. 

GOSSIP: Philip Quast joins Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson in Sweeney Todd?

According the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, Philip Quast will play Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum. If this gossip is true, Quast will star alongside the previously announced Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett.

The show runs for just 13 performances between 30th March and 12th April with press night on 31st March. The ENO orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, will appear on stage alongside the cast in this semi-staged production.

Details announced for Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel & Emma Thompson

Thompson as Mrs Lovett & Terfel as Sweeney

Details have been confirmed for Lonny Price's production of Sweeney Todd starring Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson at the London Coliseum

This production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical thriller makrs the first production in a major new long term partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. 

The show runs for just 13 performances between 30th March and 12th April with press night on 31st March. The ENO orchestra, conducted by David Charles Abell, will appear on stage alongside the cast in this semi-staged production.

This production was originally produced by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center earlier this year, with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Further casting will be announced shortly. 

Tickets for Sweeney Todd are priced between £10 and £125, with 300 seats available at £10 for every performance. Priority booking opens at midday today (16th September 2014) and public booking opens at 10am on 23rd September 2014.

Emma Thompson said: “I can't believe I am being given the opportunity to perform this extraordinary piece once again - this time with the ENO orchestra. And of course to sing with such a talent as Bryn is as good as it ever gets.”

GOSSIP: Emma Thompson to star in Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum?

According to the Daily Mail, Emma Thompson is set to return to the London stage for the first time in 25 years opposite Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd.

The pair will apparently lead the cast of the English National Opera’s inaugural season of musical theatre with a series of performances of Stephen Sondheim’s musical in March and April 2015 at the London Coliseum.

Thompson and Terfel previously performed four concerts of Sweeney Todd at the Lincoln Centre’s Avery Fisher Hall in March this year.