Leonard Bernstein "Candide" (German subtitles / Deutsche Untertitel)
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Published 2011-10-10
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide_oder_der_Optimismus
All Comments (12)
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One of the oddities of this concert was that no one in it had ever performed Candide before - not even the conductor! So there is unfortunately quite a lot of heads-in-the-score performing, whereas for the Bernstein La Boheme, all the singers were memorized.
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Thank you so much for this. From the bottom of my heart, my sincerest gratitude.
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OMG ! This is so wonderful! The leading singers are glorious - Legends of Opera. It makes me almost weep to see them in their glory. Times have so changed..... but, have they? In 2020 disease, death and poverty not to mention COVID are well with us. Nothing has really changed in this "best of possible worlds".
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The Theory of Harmony!!!! so grateful for this!!
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Excellent! Best ever!
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Grandios , unic .
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Splendid pointe
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in spite of all these great artists, it was better in San Diego at the old theater in the park....
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Johannes Brahms's withering assessment of a music critic: "He likes his Bach in Offenbach." Leonard Bernstein was a serious musician; but his "serious music" is almost all boring. His forte was musical comedy -- West Side Story, Our Town, Candide. I saw its 1970s revival in New York; and it is indeed a charming, popular work. I doubt Brahms would have liked it.
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Daraus könnte man auch ein Comic machen .
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Some of this is naturally quite good, but the piece itself is far from perfect, so much of this is wearing, but some of it is great, such as “Glitter and be Gay.” But overall, the staged performance by John Mauceri , with Lenny in the audience seems about the best overall. Even that is perhaps too long. Maybe Voltaire’ s funny little book just doesn’t make a good operetta?
