Name: Candide
Start: 2025-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Semperoper

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Semperoper Dresden

Tenor

David Butt Philip

Candide

Soprano

Erin Morley

Cunegonde

Others

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

Conductor

Karen Kamensek

Chorus master

Jan Hoffmann

Dramaturge

Dorothee Harpain

Singer

Contralto

Tichina Vaughn

Old Woman

Baritone

Christoph Pohl

Dr Pangloss

Martin

Aaron Pegram

Governor

Vanderdendur

Ragotski

Rosalia Cid

Paquette

Joshua Hopkins

Maximilian

Simeon Esper

Cosmetic Merchant

First inquisitor

Charles Edward

Vladyslav Buialskyi

Second inquisitor

Doctor

Bass

Robert Bork

Third inquisitor

Bearkeeper

Tsar Ivan

Timothy Oliver

Alchemist

Sultan Achmet

Crook

Padraic Rowan

Junkman

Hermann Augustus

Croupier

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Staatskapelle Dresden

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Dresden

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Sharan Allad

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Where is it, the “best of all possible worlds”? Candide, who grows up with the Baron's children in tranquil Westphalia, is thrown out of the castle because of his love for Cunegonde. An adventurous journey begins for the naive young man, which takes him around the globe from one absurd catastrophe to the next.

Based on Voltaire's satire "Candide ou l'optimisme", Leonard Bernstein creates a masterpiece of modern entertainment theater about the craziness of this world. In a funny and lively mix of opera, musical and revue, he not only parodies traditional dance forms such as gavotte, mazurka, polka or waltz, but also sprinkles in one or two opera quotes with a wink.

Another highlight of this concert version are the witty and humorous intertexts by Loriot, spoken by Jan Josef Liefers, known, among other things, as the opera-loving forensic doctor in Tatort, who returns to his hometown for this production. A wonderfully amusing and absurd evening, brilliantly orchestrated and full of humor and subtlety!

Wo ist sie, die „beste aller möglichen Welten“? Candide, der mit den Kindern des Barons im beschaulichen Westfalen aufwächst, wird wegen seiner Liebe zu Cunegonde aus dem Schloss geworfen. Für den naiven Jüngling beginnt eine abenteuerliche Reise, die ihn einmal um den Erdball von einer absurden Katastrophe in die nächste führt.

Basierend auf Voltaires Satire „Candide ou l’optimisme“ schafft Leonard Bernstein ein Meisterwerk des modernen Unterhaltungstheaters über die Verrückheit dieser Welt. In einer witzig-spritzigen Mischung aus Oper, Musical und Revue parodiert er nicht nur traditionelle Tanzformen wie Gavotte, Mazurka, Polka oder Walzer, sondern streut mit einem Augenzwinkern auch das ein oder andere Opernzitat mit ein.

Ein weiteres Highlight dieser konzertanten Version sind die geistreichen und launigen Zwischentexte von Loriot, gesprochen von Jan Josef Liefers, u. a. bekannt als opernverliebter Gerichtsmediziner im Tatort, der für diese Produktion in seine Heimatstadt zurückkehrt. Ein herrlich amüsant-absurder Abend, brillant instrumentiert und voller Humor und Hintersinn!

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Candide by Bernstein, Sun 11 May 2025, From (2025/2025), Conductor Karen Kamensek, Semperoper, Dresden, Germany

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