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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music by S. Sondheim
A Razor-Edged Musical
The infamous tale of barbarous barber Sweeney Todd, who returns to Victorian-era London obsessed with revenge against the judge responsible for his unjust exile and subsequent death of his wife.
The relentless Todd and his cherished razor thirst for the judge’s blood, but when it eludes them, their vengeance expands to all humanity. Yet—what to do with the bodies?
After forming a partnership with dubious baker Mrs. Lovett, “The Worst [Meat] Pies in London” become “God, That’s Good!” Could it be?
Revenge is a dish.
In English with English supertitles. New production.
SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
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Adolfo Pirelli
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Kathleen Simunek
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Isabella Stachurski
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UNIVERSITY CHORALE & CONDUCTORS ORCHESTRA
Raoul Carlo F. Angangco, Conductor
Addison Ballew, soprano
Harper Knopp, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Lunsford, tenor
Noah Lauer, bass
Auer Hall Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
16 April 2024
*Recording c/o IUMusicLive*
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Andrew Lunsford will origniate the role of Solomon Kavalier in the World Premiere of
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay", a Coproduction between Indiana University Jacobs School of Muisc Opera Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera.
By Mason Bates and Gene Scheer
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, this new opera is a coproduction with the Metropolitan Opera and will have its world premiere on the MAC stage.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Chabon, Bates and Scheer’s opera portrays two cousins in 1940s New York City—a refugee from wartime Prague and a closeted queer Brooklynite—who team up to create The Escapist, a comic book superhero who takes America by storm as he battles the Nazis and frees the oppressed.
As the opera unfolds, themes of identity, escape, and freedom are examined while three disparate musical worlds come crashing together.
Bates’ first opera, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, enjoyed its collegiate premiere at the Jacobs School of Music in 2018 as a coproduction with the Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, and San Francisco Opera.
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Biography
Hailed for his “take-your-breath-away high C” (Inside Magazine) and described by Fox News as “quickly rising to the top due to his jaw-dropping voice,” Andrew Lunsford has performed some of opera’s most celebrated leading roles and appeared on some of the world’s most prestigious concert stages, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Featured on NBC, ABC, FOX News, and in the CNN prime-time special The Accidental Tenor, Lunsford discovered his vocal abilities later in life and pursued formal training, earning his Bachelor of Music from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music and his Master of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied under famed soprano Carol Vaness.
His notable operatic roles include the title role in Gounod’s Faust, Calaf in Turandot, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Tamino in The Magic Flute, The Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier, and Podestà in Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera. Equally comfortable in musical theater, he has appeared as Adolfo Pirelli in Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Gieber Goldfarb in the Gershwins’ Girl Crazy. In November 2024, he created the role of Solomon Kavalier in the world premiere of Mason Bates and Gene Scheer’s new opera The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a co-production between the Metropolitan Opera and the Jacobs School of Music. In the spring of 2025, he returned to Carnegie Hall, marking his tenth appearance on the celebrated stage.
Beyond the stage, Andrew is deeply committed to nurturing the next generation of singers. As a versatile voice teacher, he offers personalized instruction across classical, musical theater, and contemporary styles, guided by a structured, analytical, and holistic approach to vocal development. His students benefit from individualized lesson plans, diverse repertoire, and comprehensive performance preparation, fostering both technical mastery and expressive artistry.
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