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Candide: Leonard Bernstein
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Candide is most famous for its popular overture which is often performed alone as a concert piece. In 1987, it was the most often performed piece of concert music by Bernstein.[1] Cunegonde's coloratura aria Glitter and Be Gay is a favourite showpiece for many sopranos.
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Harold Prince's production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide will return to New York City Opera on April 8, 2008, replacing the previously announced Ragtime. It will run for 14 performances, through April 20, 2008, with a cast to be announced at a later date.
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This revised and renewed version of Candide was presented by the London Symphony Orchestra in concert at the Barbican Centre, London, England, in December, 1989, and was recorded by Deutsche Grammophon and videotaped by Video Music Productions. Leonard Bernstein and John Wells created a narration, performed at the time by Adolph Green, that moved the action swiftly from one musical number to the next.
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In 1988, by which point Hellman had died, Bernstein started working alongside John Mauceri to produce a version that expressed his final wishes regarding Candide. He thought that in recent versions too much had been jettisoned or amended, with songs given to different characters and/or put in the wrong context. The new show was first produced by Scottish Opera and then, after a few more minor changes, Bernstein conducted and recorded what he called his "final revised version" with Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, Christa Ludwig, and Adolph Green.
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Candide, Voltaire's [M]agnum opus,[6] is one of the most popular literary works of all time, and is ... the subject of much literary criticism. Its biting wit and insightful portrayal of the human condition make it especially memorable and influential.[7] Candide is widely considered to be one of the most significant works of the Western canon for its enduring popularity and influence. Later writers often mimicked its style, and its story has been put on stage multiple times. One such adaptation, the most notable, is Leonard Bernstein's operetta, which first appeared in 1956.
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The School of Music and the Department of Theatre are joining forces for the demanding and gloriously satirical musical, Candide, by Leonard Bernstein and Richard Wilbur. The production opens April 23 in Thurber Theatre, and will feature a cast and chorus of music and theatre students. An all-faculty visual design team will support the production: Mary Tarantino (lighting), Dan Gray (set design), Kristine Kearney (costumes) and Marshall Haddock (music director). Steven Anderson, artistic director of the Phoenix Theatre Circle in Columbus, is guest director.
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