By Roy Proctor Special correspondent So who says Broadway is Broadway and opera is opera and never the twain should meet? Obviously someone who has never looked and listened long and hard at Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” a powerhouse rendering of which is...
By Rich Griset Ron Daniels has a unique connection with the musical “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”: It probably wouldn’t exist without him. More than 40 years ago, it was Daniels who found the old penny dreadful tale and decided to turn it into a...
Stephen Sondheim said of Sweeney Todd, “If you do it in a theatre, it’s a musical. If you do it in an opera house, it’s an opera.” Presented Sept. 26 at the Harrison Opera House as Virginia Opera’s 40th season opener, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,...
By Mal Vincent An opera opening in Norfolk is a life-affirming experience – celebratory. Even routinely, it’s about as close as the arts get to an event that mixes real pearls with dipped pearls. “Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”...
By Teresa Annas NORFOLK Ron Daniels looked almost parental last week as he worked through some scenes from Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.” The director stood in Virginia Opera’s rehearsal hall, low-key and inconspicuous in his black slacks...
