Organization

Admin

Victorian Opera

Conductor

Benjamin Northey

Stage director

Dean Bryant

Set designer

Dann Barber

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Matt Scott

Sound designer

Sam Moxham

Assistant Conductor

Phoebe Briggs

Assistant Set designer

Savanna Wegman

Orchestra

Orchestra Victoria

Singer

Baritone

Eddie Perfect

Dr Pangloss

Tenor

Lyndon Watts

Candide

Soprano

Katherine Allen

Cunegonde

Contralto

Maria Mercedes

Old Woman

Euan Fistrovic Doidge

Maximilian

Melanie Bird

Paquette

Spoken

Eddie Muliaumaseali'i

Cacambo

Alexander Lewis

Governor

Vanderdendur

Troy Sussman

Martin

Choreographer

Freya List

English

Melbourne

Australia

Palais Theatre

Candide Bernstein

Public

Sharan Allad

Approved

Filled with sparkling wit and humour, Candide is a unique fusion of opera and musical theatre, utterly irreverent, drawing inspiration from European operetta to Latin American dance rhythms.

Join us on an adventure as we follow our hero and his beloved, Cunégonde, through a world gone mad, inhabited by an endless array of vicious, greedy, lustful, and manipulative characters. Portraying this vibrant cast of characters is a versatile and talented Australian ensemble, led by the multi-talented music theatre Renaissance man, Eddie Perfect, and award-winning star of Hamilton, Lyndon Watts.

Prepare to witness St Kilda’s iconic Palais Theatre transformed into “The Best of All Possible Worlds” in this thrilling new production, directed by Dean Bryant and designed by Dann Barber, with lighting by Matt Scott. The symphonic magic of this brilliant score will be conjured by maestro Benjamin Northey with Orchestra Victoria.

Candide by Bernstein, From (2024/2024), Directed by Dean Bryant,, Conductor Benjamin Northey, Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

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