Candide

The glass is always half-full for Candide in this story of ultimate optimism! Travel the globe with our unlikely hero, as he confronts doom, death and destruction at every turn.  And yet Candide finds a happy ending to make his garden grow in this “best of all possible worlds”!

CANDIDE

Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, Lillian Hellman, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker, and John Latouche
Features The Best of All Possible Worlds, Glitter and Be Gay, Make Our Garden Grow
Premiere: New York, December 1, 1956

PERFORMANCE DATES

Richard E. Rauh Theater, The Hillman Center for Performing Arts
423 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238

• Saturday July 7, 7:30pm
• Friday July 13, 7:30pm
• Sunday July 15, 2:00pm

All performances sung in English.
 

CAST

Candide: Daniel Teadt
Voltaire/Pangloss: William Clarence Marshall
Cunegonde: Abigail Dueppen
Paquette: Emily Sanchez
Maximilian: Joseph Gaines
Old Woman: Andrey Nemzer
Governor: Raymond Very
Baroness/Penitent/Houri: Katherine Brandt
Baron/Grand Inquisitor/Archbishop: James Critchfield 

Opera Theater SummerFest Orchestra and Chorus

PRODUCTION TEAM

Conductor:   Brent McMunn
Stage Director:   Scott Wise
Set Designer:   Joseph Gourley
Lighting Designer:   Christopher Popowich [C&C Lighting]
Costume Designer:   Kenneth Chu