Candide
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 5, 2004
Closed May 8, 2004
Opened May 5, 2004
Closed May 8, 2004
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Opera, operetta, and Broadway joins hands when the New York Philharmonic presents a semi-stage performance of Leonard Bernstein's satirical, effervescent musical, Candide. Based on Voltaire's deft comical novel of 1759, the show follows the trevails of a ceaseless optimistic hero in a series of wild adventures and astonishing coincidences.
Bernstein protégée Marin Alsop will conduct the performances, whose cast members are drawn equally from the classical and musical-theater worlds: soprano Kristin Chenoweth (Cunegonde) in her Philharmonic subscription debut; actress-singer Patti LuPone (The Old Lady); tenor Paul Groves (Candide); tenor Stanford Olsen (Governor/Vanderdendur/Ragotski); baritone Sir Thomas Allen (Pangloss/Martin); and the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt, director. Broadway actor-director Lonny Price will stage the musical, as he did for the Philharmonic's critically hailed, semi-staged production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd in 2000.
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From a musical standpoint, the New York Philharmonic's recent performances of a staged concert version of Leonard Bernstein's Candide were just as fine as you might have expected given that they featured Bernstein protégée Marin Alsop conducting this world-class orchestra, not to mention such soloists as Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth, the up-and-coming operatic tenor Paul Groves, and the veteran baritone Sir Thomas Allen. From a theatrical standpoint, however, the production was just as misguided as you might have feared when you heard that it was being directed by Lonny Price.
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