Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	31st July 2010
To	31st July 2010
When	19:30
Prices	From £7.00. To £35.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Prom 19 - Sondheim at 80

Work:: Prom 19 (S1712976992)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Sondheim at 80 (T6810427)

Marking the 80th birthday of one of Broadway’s great innovators, this all-Sondheim Prom draws together leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds - plus some further special guests. Bryn Terfel, a magnetic Sweeney Todd, as he proved at the Royal Festival Hall in 2007 - leads a starry cast, joined by aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, which supports aspiring performers for a programme. On the bill are excerpts from horror-opera Sweeney Todd, the Ingmar Bergman-inspired A Little Night Music and the fairy-tale compendium of Into the Woods, as well as excerpts from Company, Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George. Finish time: approx. 21:30

Conductor	David Charles Abell
Director	Martin Duncan
Company	BBC Concert Orchestra
Company	Singers from the BBC Performing Arts Fund
Performer	Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Performer	Maria Friedman (vocalist)
Performer	Simon Russell Beale (vocalist)
Performer	Judi Dench

Listing:: L0196229534

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Broadcast on BBC Two at 20:00.

Sondheim at 80

Marking the 80th birthday of one of Broadway’s great innovators, this all-Sondheim Prom draws together leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds - plus some further special guests. Bryn Terfel, a magnetic Sweeney Todd, as he proved at the Royal Festival Hall in 2007 - leads a starry cast, joined by aspiring young performers supported by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, which supports aspiring performers for a programme. On the bill are excerpts from horror-opera Sweeney Todd, the Ingmar Bergman-inspired A Little Night Music and the fairy-tale compendium of Into the Woods, as well as excerpts from Company, Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George. Finish time: approx. 21:30 Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Broadcast on BBC Two at 20:00.

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