Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Motion Picture Soundtrack orchestra from twenty-seven musicians to seventy-eight. The "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Deluxe Complete Edition" soundtrack was released on December 18, 2007. Johnny Depp's singing was described by a "New York Times" reviewer as "harsh and thin, but amazingly forceful". Another critic adds that, though Depp's voice "does not have much heft or power", "his ear is obviously excellent, because his pitch is dead-on accurate... Beyond his good pitch and phrasing, the expressive colorings of his singing are crucial to the portrayal. Beneath this Sweeney's vacant, sullen exterior is a man consumed with a murderous rage that
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street time the show had been presented in an intimate house (Equity 99-seat). The production received 5 Ovation Awards including the Franklin Levy Award for Best Musical (Smaller Theatre) and Best Director (Musical) for Dang. The 1997 Finnish National Opera production premiered on September 19, 1997. Directed by Staffan Aspegren and starting Sauli Tiilikainen (Sweeney todd) and Ritva Auvinen (Mrs. Lovett). Translated by Juice Leskinen As part of the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration, "Sweeney Todd" ran from May 10, 2002 through June 30, 2002 at the Eisenhower Theatre, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell as Todd, Christine Baranski as Mrs. Lovett, Hugh Panaro