Organization

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

James Bonas

Video

Video (+3)

Grégoire Pont

Set designer

Costume designer (+2)

Thibault Vancraenenbroeck

Costume designer

Nathalie Pallandre

Choreographer

Ewan Jones

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Rob Casey

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Karen Kamensek

Tenor (+4)

Ed Lyon

Candide

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Madeleine Shaw

Old Woman

Bass (+3)

Dafydd Allen

Crook

Sound designer

Sebastian Frost

Baritone

Gillian Bevan

Narrator

Dr Pangloss

Tenor

Aled Hall

Governor of Buenos Aires

Vanderdendur

Dancer

Ruby Davies

Violinist

Rachel Harris

Cerian Jordan

Vivian Gayle

Ben Anderson

Michael Kirby

Amaris Gillies

Assistant Choreographer

Joshua Lear

Contralto (+1)

Francesca Saracino

Paquette

Soprano

Fiona Harrison-Wolfe

Sheep

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Helen Greenaway

Bass (+2)

Michael Clifton-Thompson

Señor I

Tenor (+3)

Alastair Moore

Señor II

Contralto (+2)

Sarah Pope

Guest 1

Bass (+1)

Stephen Wells

Guest 2

Soprano (+2)

Stella Woodman

Governor's assistant

Tenor (+1)

Alun Rhys-Jenkins

Ragotski

Assistant Video Designer

Video (+1)

Xavier Boyer

Captain

First inquisitor

Second inquisitor

Martin Lloyd

Third inquisitor

Gareth Dafydd Morris

Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronck

Angharad Morgan

Baroness of Thunder-Ten-Tronck

Julian Boyce

Archbishop

Aide

Welsh National Opera ( WNO )

Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Orchestra - WNO

Répétiteur

Répétiteur (+3)

Marlowe Fitzpatrick

Baritone (+2)

Mark Nathan

Maximilian

Claudia Boyle

Cunegonde

Wales Millennium Centre

John Ieuan Jones

Ffion Edwards

New Alexandra Theatre

Theatr Brycheiniog

Venue Cymru

New Theatre Oxford

Hall for Cornwall

Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is a supercharged wild ride in which 18th-century France crashes into 20th-century post-war America. Take a seat and strap in tight for a mind-boggling journey as we hurtle through a fantastical world of chaos – from castles in the Alps to skyscrapers in Montevideo, from earthquakes in Lisbon to the Amazonian jungles beyond the Andes. With societies riven by inequality and families displaced by war today, the story remains as relevant now as when it was first written in 1759.

From Bernstein’s compositional brilliance to the razor wit of Dorothy Parker, Candide is an ebullient romp that pulls together the best of Broadway, the champagne froth of operetta and the timeless satire of Voltaire’s original novella. WNO’s new production welcomes an award-winning team, who won the National French Critics’ award in 2022 for their production of The Snow Queen, and brings this zany, imaginative world to life and up to date with music, animation, dance and political bite.

Béarla

Cardiff

United Kingdom

Truro

Llandudno

Oxford

Birmingham

Brecknock