Sweeney Todd: Opera or Musical?
Clip: Season 39 Episode 5 | 1m 31s
Bryn Terfel, opera great and star of "Sweeney Todd," weighs in on a longstanding debate.
Since its Broadway premiere in 1979, "Sweeney Todd" has lent itself to many different treatments, from chamber musical to full-fledged performance at some of the world's leading opera houses. And its rich, complex score begs the question: Is "Sweeney" a musical or an opera in disguise? Bryn Terfel, who plays "Sweeney," tells us what he's learned from his own encounter with this daunting work.
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Live From Lincoln Center is made possible with support from the Family of Robert Wood Johnson III, the Audrey and Martin Gruss Foundation, The Robert and Renée Belfer Family Foundation, Mercedes T. Bass, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sweeney Todd: Opera or Musical?
Clip: Season 39 Episode 5 | 1m 31s
Since its Broadway premiere in 1979, "Sweeney Todd" has lent itself to many different treatments, from chamber musical to full-fledged performance at some of the world's leading opera houses. And its rich, complex score begs the question: Is "Sweeney" a musical or an opera in disguise? Bryn Terfel, who plays "Sweeney," tells us what he's learned from his own encounter with this daunting work.
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