Fresno Grand Opera

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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Opera Review

2016 Articles, Sarah Peterson-Camacho, Theatre

by Sarah Peterson

Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tore up the stage Saturday, February 20, 2016, at downtown Fresno’s Saroyan Theatre in a frenzied whirl of greed, lust, insanity, and the occasional bucket of blood. Director and choreographer John de los Santos chose a muted palette of pewters and charcoals to set the tone of “Todd” leaving the stage in a wash of industrial gloom. The cast milled about in similar hues, evoking the grit and grime of London’s Fleet Street circa nineteenth century.

Inside the Fresno Grand Opera: a Q & A with General Director Matthew Buckman

2015 Articles, Music, Sarah Peterson-Camacho

by Sarah Peterson

Founded in 1998, the Fresno Grand Opera has brought countless stories to the stage, in the form of operas and concerts that take months to stage and produce. KRL sat down with Fresno Grand Opera General Director Matthew Buckman for a behind-the-scenes look at how it all comes together.