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In discussion on Candide: With Mitchell Butel

Mitchell Butel conducts Bernstein's Candide Saturday 29 September at 8pm Sunday 30 September at 1pm Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House BOOK: sydneyoperahouse.com or sydneyphilharmonia.com.au Brett Weymark conductor Mitchell Butel director Caroline O'Connor The Old Lady Alexander Lewis Candide Phil Scott Pangloss Kanen Breen Maximilian Annie Aitken Cunegonde Symphony Chorus Festival Chorus Sydney Youth Orchestra With members of Pacific Opera Bernstein’s musical comedy is a wickedly tuneful romp for the best of all possible worlds. Our gormless hero Candide and his fiancée Cunegonde are raised by the philosophical windbag Professor Pangloss to believe that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. Disaster, separation, disease, unpleasant journeys and attempted burning at the stake soon follow, until, thoroughly disillusioned, all the characters reunite at home and resolve to make some sense of life. Think of it as the fun-house mirror version of Handel’s Saul, one where tragedy is played as farce – with a happy ending, of course. From its rollicking overture to its string of affectionate parodies of opera, Gilbert and Sullivan, tango and Broadway glitz, Candide is a delight from start to finish – one that might just make you think. While the overture and showpieces like the bravura ‘Glitter and Be Gay’ have become concert-hall fixtures, the complete Candide is rarely mounted. If there’s one thing that drives Bernstein’s work, it’s the belief that while we might be ‘neither pure, nor wise, nor good, we'll do the best we know. Book by Hugh Wheeler Based on the satire by Voltaire Lyrics by Richard Wilbur With additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lilliam Hellman and Leonard Bernstein Orchestration by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay Musical continuity and additional orchestration by John Mauceri