Candide (2018)
When young Candide's marriage offer to a baron's daughter backfires, the naïve student of optimism is hurled into an eye-opening journey around the globe, discovering the horrors of existence at every step. Turning Voltaire’s Candide, a stinging blast against tyranny and feigned moralising, into toe-wiggling musical theatre is a crazy idea. Bernstein revised his operetta countless times before settling on the final version. The Grange Festival’s 2018 semi-staged production commemorates the composer’s 100th birthday.
Director: Christopher Luscombe
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Richard Suart as Narrator/Pangloss/Martin |
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Rob Houchen as Candide |
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Katie Hall as Cunegonde |
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Charles Rice as Maximilian |
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Rosemary Ashe as Old Woman |
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Kitty Whately as Paquette |
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Robert Murray as Cacambo/Governor/Vanderdendur/1st Agent |
| Directing | Christopher Luscombe | Director |
| Sound | Alfonso Casado Trigo | Conductor |