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A Studious Sweeney Todd from Munich

Jed Distler

Stephen Sondheim does not consider Sweeney Todd an opera, but that doesn’t stop his 1979 musical theater masterpiece from turning up in opera houses and

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Sondheim: Sweeney Todd/Litton

Jed Distler

How well I remember attending Sweeney Todd, not long after Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller opened in the spring of 1979. I was familiar with Sondheim’s

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Sondheim: Company

Jed Distler

As with his 2005 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, director John Doyle downsized the composer’s landmark 1970 musical Company to chamber dimensions. In

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The Nightingale String Quartet Vagn Holmboe Cycle Continues

Jed Distler August 3, 2025

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CD From Hell: Gatti’s Deathly Dull Debussy

David Hurwitz August 3, 2025

Cutting Brilliance (with a few quirks): Jumppanen’s Debussy Préludes

Jed Distler August 3, 2025

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He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related