Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" - BBC 1988
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Published 2018-08-25
All Comments (21)
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i keep coming back to this production because it is, in my opinion the best of all possible Candides. The perfect balance of book and score. Every role is perfectly cast, even down to the chorus members.
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I was lucky enough to work on this - and met the great man himself - I was a Stage Manager for the BBC at the time - glorious music, there were a few moments when i had to take my headphones off each night - as I didn't want all the chatter from the scanner in my ears! I just spotted myself at the beginning - a mere 35 years ago!
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What a delightful edition! Candide is a contemporary masterpiece and this is the most sparkling version I ever saw, perfect in spirit and humour.
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This always makes me weep and think of my zany, sad incredible life of 70 years. So much left to go.
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The costumes in this production are SPECTACULAR.
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amazing and Nicholas Grace is a delight and a Bernstein's humorous voice...
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As a band geek kid in Jr High our brilliant band teacher/director chose Overture to Candide as one of our concert pieces. I was immensely proud to be first chair flute and also had a piccolo. I ate the solo up and now every time I hear any song from Candide I am taken back. Tonight I watched Bernstein and while I love all his pieces, Candide is my favorite. I had never seen the entire play until one night I was surfing channels and saw Kristin Chenoweth and Patti LuPone concert on PBS. It was a great evening!
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This must be exactly what Voltaire had in mind when he wrote Candide — music, lyrics, tempi, and staging are just so very Voltaire-ish. Voltaire wrote Candide in three days, and Bernstein really gets that! Says a girl who shares the same sentiments. Candide is, after all, one giant FUCK YOU to all philosophers and religions that preach justification for human suffering.
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Thank you for all the immense talents displayed!!!! Leonard Bernstein was so happy and proud of this production. Costuming, staging, choreography, filming, commentary, acting, singing, writing, all so professionally done. Voltaire is equally proud I am sure!!!
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Just a wonderful opera by the great Bernstein and of course Voltaire's wonderful picaresque story.
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My favorite costuming detail - at first I thought the Old Lady's skirt was askew, but every costume she wears is missing the left pannier!
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Imagine conducting this with LB looking over your shoulder.
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Every time I played those runs of the overture on my clarinet in high school, it caught fire every time...
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It's great to see Lenny Bernstein in the audience.
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That last song is my theme song now. My all-time favorite Bernstein.
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One of the remarkable things about this live performance conducted by Msuceri is the BBC mixing of the orchestral playing, You can hear colors from Bernstein’s brilliant symphonic orchestration that get lost in other videod performances. A first rate cast and chorus.
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My wife and I were lucky enough to get to see this production at The Old Vic in London, was one of our most treasured theatre experiences of our lives. Such a pity it is not on dvd but we listen to the cd with great fondness. Love it.
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This play helped me to get an A in World Literature. I love and still watching it <3
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Wonderful to experience a full production, closer to the original. Seeing Maestro Bernstein so pleased (cried). Anne Howard & Bonaventura Bottone were so fabulous..
