Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Original Broadway Cast (Opening Night) (1979)
Recording Info
Recording Type:
Private
Origin:
Live/Audience
Material Included:
Complete Show
Date Recorded:
March 1, 1979
Identifying Features:
<p>Includes a longer version of the opening organ prelude than was later heard in the run. </p>
<p>At the end of the final "Ballad of Sweeney Todd," the lyric heard on the first-preview audio is still in place: "To kill for love is such a thrill / You don't even notice you lose what you kill / Like Sweeney." </p>
Recorded By:
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Credits
Staff
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Conductor
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Cast
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Anthony Hope
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Sweeney Todd
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Beggar Woman
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Mrs. Lovett
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Judge Turpin
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The Beadle
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Johanna
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Tobias Ragg
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Pirelli
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Jonas Fogg
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The Company
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Track List
Tracks
- Prelude .... Organ
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (opening) .... Company
- No Place Like London .... Anthony, Todd, Beggar Woman
- The Barber and His Wife .... Todd
- The Worst Pies in London .... Mrs. Lovett
- Poor Thing .... Mrs. Lovett
- My Friends .... Todd, Mrs. Lovett
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird .... Johanna
- Ah, Miss .... Anthony, Beggar Woman
- Johanna .... Anthony
- Pirelli's Miracle Elixir .... Tobias, Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Company
- The Contest .... Pirelli
- Wait .... Mrs. Lovett
- Kiss Me .... Johanna, Anthony
- Ladies in Their Sensitivities .... The Beadle
- Quartet (Act One) .... Johanna, Anthony, The Beadle, Judge Turpin
- Pretty Women .... Todd, Judge Turpin
- Epiphany .... Todd
- A Little Priest .... Todd, Mrs. Lovett
- God, That's Good! .... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Beggar Woman, Customers
- Johanna (Quartet) .... Anthony, Todd, Johanna, Beggar Woman
- By the Sea .... Mrs. Lovett
- Not While I'm Around .... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett
- Parlor Songs .... The Beadle, Mrs. Lovett
- City on Fire! .... Lunatics, Johanna, Anthony
- Final Sequence .... Anthony, Beggar Woman, Todd, Judge Turpin, Mrs. Lovett, Johanna, Tobias
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (finale) .... Company
Trivia & History
Recording Info
Recording Type:
Private
Origin:
Live/Audience
Material Included:
Complete Show
Date Recorded:
March 1, 1979
Identifying Features:
<p>Includes a longer version of the opening organ prelude than was later heard in the run. </p>
<p>At the end of the final "Ballad of Sweeney Todd," the lyric heard on the first-preview audio is still in place: "To kill for love is such a thrill / You don't even notice you lose what you kill / Like Sweeney." </p>
Recorded By:
not entered yet
