Organization

Stage director

James Bonas

Video designer

Grégoire Pont

Set designer

Thibault Vancraenenbroeck

Costume designer

Nathalie Pallandre

Choreographer

Ewan Jones

Singer

Baritone

John Ieuan Jones

Maximilian

Lighting designer

Rob Casey

Conductor

Karen Kamensek

Tenor

Ed Lyon

Candide

Contralto

Madeleine Shaw

Old Woman

Mark Nathan

Dafydd Allen

Crook

Sound designer

Sebastian Frost

Soprano

Ffion Edwards

Cunegonde

Gillian Bevan

Narrator

Dr Pangloss

Aled Hall

Governor

Vanderdendur

Ruby Davies

Dancer

Rachel Harris

Cerian Jordan

Vivian Gayle

Ben Anderson

Michael Kirby

Amaris Gillies

Assistant choreographer

Joshua Lear

Francesca Saracino

Paquette

Fiona Harrison-Wolfe

Sheep

Helen Greenaway

Michael Clifton-Thompson

Señor I

Alastair Moore

Señor II

Sarah Pope

Guest 1

Stephen Wells

Guest 2

Spoken

Stella Woodman

Governor's assistant

Alun Rhys-Jenkins

Ragotski

Assistant Video Designer

Xavier Boyer

Claudia Boyle

Captain

First inquisitor

Second inquisitor

Bass

Martin Lloyd

Third inquisitor

Gareth Dafydd Morris

Baron

Angharad Morgan

Baroness

Julian Boyce

Archbishop

Aide

Welsh National Opera

Orchestra

Welsh National Opera Orchestra

English

Brecknock

United Kingdom

Theatr Brycheiniog

Birmingham

New Alexandra Theatre

Oxford

New Theatre Oxford

Llandudno

Venue Cymru

Truro

Hall for Cornwall

Cardiff

Wales Millennium Centre

Candide Leonard Bernstein

Public

Approved

Candide Bernstein

Bursting onto the stage (quite literally) this Season at Welsh National Opera, Bernstein’s fantastical Candide. Combining the best of Broadway and operetta w...

A fantastic visual feast, Candide is exploding with impressive animations that are unlike anything you've seen before. Take a peek behind the scenes with our award winning team and discover how Video and Animation Designer, Grégoire Pont, worked closely with Director, James Bonas, to hand-draw animations that help Candide move from country to country, and how they are key in bringing Bernstein's wacky and wonderful world to life. Candide, on tour 22 June – 15 July. An incredible feast for the eyes, Candide is full of incredible animations that have never been seen before. Take a behind-the-scenes look with our highly successful team and discover how Video and Animation Designer, Grégoire Pont, worked closely with Director, James Bonas, to design hand-drawn animations that help Candide move from country to country, and how they are instrumental in bringing Bernstein's wonderful and crazy world to life. Candide, on tour 22 June – 15 July wno.org.uk/candide

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.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble