Musical | Revival

Sweeney Todd

A horror-filled Broadway classic

Stephen Sondheim

Through a large canvas painted with a crowd of people in black and white, a man armed with a knife breaks through the canvas.

»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.

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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.

»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.

  • »A privilege to experience the Royal Swedish Opera's Sweeney Todd«

    DN

  • »world class!«

    På scen

  • »Ola Eliasson - what a thunderous voice he has!«

    Expressen

  • »Karolina Blixt makes her burlesque Mrs Lovett the most vivid character of the show«

    SvD

  • »The set design and costumes are magnificent«

    Aftonbladet

  • »The chorus delivers with amazing phrasing and diction«

    Expressen

  • »If you're going to play a musical on the national stage, you should start with Sweeney Todd«

    DN

  • »If you're going to play a musical on the national stage, you should start with Sweeney Todd«

    SvD

    Performance images

    • A woman stands behind a grate, a man on the other side, they hold a cage.
      Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera 2024-2025
    • A group of people standing around a table, smoke rising from their hats.
      Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera 2024-2025
    • A scene with a staircase to the right leading to a barber's chair on a platform.
      Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera 2024-2025
    • A group of people standing around each other on a stage.
      Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera 2024-2025
    • A group of people on a stage, one man sitting on a ladder.
      Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera 2024-2025
    • A group of people on a stage, a couple dancing in the foreground.
      Sweeney Todd at the Royal Swedish Opera 2024-2025

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