 Sweeney Todd Vocal Score
Sweeney Todd Script
 Sweeney Todd 1979 Original Broadway Cast Rec.
 Sweeney Todd Filmed Stage Version on DVD
2001 Sweeney Todd in Concert on DVD
Sweeney Todd Live At the New York Philharmonic Recording
 2005 Broadway Revival Cast Complete Recording
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Based on a version of Sweeney Todd, a play by Christopher Bond
Early 19th Century London. It doesn't get much scarier (or disgusting) than this. A barber who slits people's throats has a neighbor who makes meat pies....... you do the math.
Very little dancing is required for this show. As long as you "move well" you should be fine. However, the music is difficult and borders on operatic, so vocal training and stamina is essential. |
- Sweeney Todd/Benjamin Barker (Bass/Baritone, 40s)
- A man consumed by revenge after his wife is kidnapped and raped, and he is wrongly convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Darkly cynical.
- Mrs. Nellie Lovett (Alto/Mezzo, Cockney Accent, moves well, 40s)
- An amoral, pragmatic seller of meat pies - takes practicallity to a ridiculous level. She lusts after Todd. A very high energy role.
- Joanna Barker (Soprano, 18)
- Benjamin Barker's daughter, a ward of Judge Turpin. Beautiful and pure-hearted.
- Anthony Hope (Tenor, 20s)
- A good natured, optimistic & naive young sailor
- Begger Woman/Lucy Barker (Soprano)
- Barker's wife, who he believes to be dead. Schizophrenic personality ranging from pathetic to crudely suggestive.
- Judge Turpin (Bass/Baritone)
- A lustful, immoral, power hungry man. Twists the law to suit him.
- Beadle Bamford (Tenor)
- Judge Turpin's partner in crime. "A bully with a thin veneer of gentility."
- Adolfo Pirelli (Tenor)
- a phony mountebank who claims to be "the king of the barbers, the barber of kings." A very high tenor role that can also be played by a soprano in drag.
- Tobias (Tenor, teens)
- Pirelli's young, simple, but kind-hearted drum-beating assistant.
- Other Characters:
- Gravediggers, Chorus
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