Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Also: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	5th June 2011
To	5th June 2011
Barbican Centre (V371)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Candide

Work:: Candide (S108428800)

A naive young man believes that 'all is for the best' even when confronted by evil. Originally performed in 1956, additional songs added in 1974. Candide explores a world that is dominated by violence, greed, war, hatred and a series of catastrophic events seemingly unmitigated by goodness, truth, beauty or God.

Book by	Voltaire
Music	Leonard Bernstein
Adapted by	Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics	Richard Wilbur
Lyrics	Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics	John Latouche

Production:: (T1590570031)

Concert Performance

Company	London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Kristjan Jarvi
Performer	Andrew Staples (Candide)
Performer	Kiera Duffy (Cunegonde)
Performer	Kim Criswell (Old Lady)
Performer	Jeremy Huw Williams (Pangloss / Martin)
Performer	David Robinson (Governer / Vanderdendur / Ragotski)
Performer	Marcus Deloach (Maximilan / Captain)
Performer	Kristy Swift (Paquette)
Performer	Jeffrey Tucker (Bear Keeper / Inquisitor / Tzar Ivan)
Performer	Ross Benoliel (Cosmetic Merchant / Inquisitor / Charles Edward)
Performer	Jason Switzer (Doctor / King Stanislaus)
Performer	Michael Scarcelle (Junkman / Inquisitor / Hermann Augustus / Croupier)
Performer	Peter Tantsits (Alchemist / Inquisitor / Sultan Achmet / Crook)

Listing:: L1692563366

Production details

Concert Performance

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