Name: Candide
Start: 2020-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra de Lausanne

Organization

Tenor

Miles Mykkanen

Candide

Soprano

Marie Lys

Cunegonde

contralto

Anna Steiger

Old Woman

Baritone

Franco Pomponi

Dr Pangloss

Martin

Joël Terrin

Maximilian

Hermann Augustus

Béatrice Nani

Paquette

Nicolas Wildi

Governor

Vanderdendur

Bass

Raphael Hardmeyer

Third inquisitor

Bastien Combe

First inquisitor

Singer

Ragotski

Charles Edward

Spoken

Fernando Cuellar Leon

King Stanislas

Conductor

Gavriel Heine

Stage director

Vincent Boussard

Set designer

Vincent Lemaire

Costume designer

Christian Lacroix

Video designer

Isabel Robson

Lighting designer

Nicolas Gilli

Choreographer

Helge Letonja

Chorus master

Patrick Marie Aubert

Cacambo

Mike Winter

Narrator

Opéra de Lausanne

Others

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Lausanne

Switzerland

Candide Bernstein

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Dancer

Actor

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Countertenor

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

This “American-style operetta” questions the optimism of the Brave New World and its supposed superiority.

Based on the eponymous work by Voltaire, Candide according to Bernstein transposes the caustic Voltairean sense of humour into contemporary American society. A comedy that mocks the world’s absurdity, this ‘American operetta’ questions the optimism of Brave New World and its supposed superiority. Bernstein creates a lyric work unique in its genre. Candide is subjected to a significant number of edits by a variety of people before arriving at its final form which encompasses all its originality. Just like the fate of the work itself, the young Candide’s initiation journey is marked by several adventures and sudden changes. While he learns at his own expense that ‘everything is not for the best in the best of all possible worlds’, the music on the other hand returns to optimism in sparkling passages full of joy and parody. Nothing is left out: a brilliant overture, the pieces of bravery for the coloratura, the dances, from the tango to the gavotte; everything is there. Irony and good nature mark the path of happiness, which consists very simply of ‘cultivating our garden’.

English

Candide by Bernstein, Fri 20 Mar 2020, From (2020/2020), Directed by Vincent Boussard,, Conductor Gavriel Heine, Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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