Tickets to UK Opera Theatre’s 'Sweeney Todd' On Sale Now
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 2, 2014) — University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s maniacal masterpiece "Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: A Musical Thriller" Oct. 4-12, at the historic Lexington Opera House. Single tickets for the production are on sale now.
Winner of the 1979 Tony Award for Best Musical, “Sweeney Todd” has since seen two Broadway revivals and a major motion picture featuring Kentuckian Johnny Depp. UK Opera Theatre presents a new production by director Richard Gammon and assistant director Cassey Kikuchi Kivnick, featuring a set by Carolyn Mraz. UK-based designers Tanya Harper, on lights, and Susan Dudley Wigglesworth, on costumes, complete the creative team bringing life to “Sweeney.”
Performances are 7:30 p.m., Oct. 4 and 8-11, and 2 p.m., Oct. 5, 11 and 12, at the Lexington Opera House. Individual tickets go on sale 10 a.m. today (Sept. 2) at the Lexington Center Box Office, located at Rupp Arena. Tickets can be purchased over the phone at 859-233-3535, in person at the box office, or online through Ticketmaster. Tickets range in price from $40.50 to $76.50, with student tickets available for $20.50. There is no ticketing fee for tickets bought in person at the box office. Fees apply online and over the phone.
In addition to “Sweeney Todd,” UK Opera Theatre’s season will also include the French fantasy “The Tales of Hoffmann” by Jacques Offenbach. The new production by director David Lefkowich will feature tenors Gregory Turay and Jonathan Parham in the title roles running March 5-8, 2015, at the Lexington Opera House. Sung in French with English super titles.
For more information on these productions please visit the UK Opera Theatre website, ukoperatheatre.org or contact Patrick Joel Martin, marketing coordinator for UK Opera Theatre at 859-257-4590.
UK Opera Theatre is one of a select group of U.S. opera training programs recommended by the Richard Tucker Music Foundation. The Tucker Foundation is a nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to the support and advancement of the careers of talented American opera singers by bringing opera into the community and heightening appreciation for opera by supporting music education enrichment programs.
The UK School of Music at the UK College of Fine Arts has garnered a national reputation for high-caliber education in opera, choral and instrumental music performance, as well as music education, composition, and theory and music history.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu