Madison Opera

Candide

by Leonard Bernstein

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Friday, April 26 & Sunday, April 28

Overture Hall

Sung in English with projected text.

Run Time

Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission

Age Recommendation

10 and up

On sale Tuesday, September 5

11am

Let dreamers dream what worlds they please.

A satirical novella by Voltaire meets a dazzling score by Leonard Bernstein in this 1956 operetta. The naïvely optimistic Candide sets out to explore the world, beset by an endless series of disasters, including war, an earthquake, and a shipwreck.

By turns funny, philosophical, and deeply moving, Candide mixes human foibles, supernatural catastrophes, and earthly adversity into a thoroughly entertaining whole. Come hear Bernstein’s legendary score, full of witty lyrics, romantic longing, and the greatest finale in all opera.

Meet the Artists

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Candide

Martin Luther Clark

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Cunegonde

Jeni Houser

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The Old Lady

Meredith Arwady

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Pangloss/Martin

Alan Dunbar

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Governor/Vanderdendur

Robert A. Goderich

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Maximilian

Luis Alejandro Orozco

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