Actor

Singer

Once, there was a barber who had it all — a happy life, a beautiful wife. But it all ended in a savage act of betrayal. Enter Sweeney Todd.

From the haunting melodies of Stephen Sondheim to the chilling narrative crafted by Hugh Wheeler, this production transports you to the dark heart of London’s Fleet Street. Witness the transformation of a once-content barber into the infamous “demon barber,” a suave and perilous figure with his rising desire for vengeance. Alongside the beguiling and eccentric Mrs. Lovett, they hatch a twisted plan — equal parts genius and ghastly. Mrs Lovett’s reputation of serving the best pies in town may be short-lived as Sweeney’s thirst for vengeance teeters on the razor’s edge.

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Sweeney Todd

Arts Centre Melbourne

Who is speaking up for the heroines of the great operatic canon? Antoinette Halloran (soprano) is reimagining these iconic characters with a contemporary feminist perspective, often with humorous or profoundly moving results.

Antoinette will explore their journeys through a series of poems she penned during the pandemic lockdowns. The poems are set to the contemporary compositions of Linda Kouvaras.

November Concert: She, Who Should Have Been A Queen

Horti Hall

In a run-down theatre scheduled for demolition, former chorus girls reunite to honour their performances there during the interwar years. The theatre is ramshackle and the harshness of age has tarnished the rosy tint of their nostalgia. But as the women remember those glamorous years, the faded theatre is propelled back through time and transforms into its former grandeur. Sparkling ghosts of their youth perform old numbers, and the women’s unfinished business soon becomes clear.

Follies

Palais Theatre

In a provincial town, Katya’s dull, loveless life is made worse by her tyrannical mother-in-law, Kabanicha. She longs for freedom and, when her husband leaves on business, she is swept into a brief but passionate romance with an outsider, Boris, who has loved Katya from afar. When her husband returns, she finds herself tormented by her guilty conscience and the pressures of society.

Antoinette Halloran

Actor, Singer

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 15, 2024

November Concert: She, Who Should Have Been A Queen · Victorian Opera

1 - 6 Feb, 2025

Follies · Victorian Opera

14 - 16 Oct, 2025

Katya Kabanova · Victorian Opera

Past events

14 - 21 Sep, 2024

Sweeney Todd · Victorian Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Sally Durant Plummer in Follies by Sondheim

Victorian Opera

Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd by Sondheim

Victorian Opera

Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanová in Káťa Kabanová by Janáček

Victorian Opera

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