“Moshe, I just bought my tickets to see Candide at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. It’s an operetta based on Voltaire’s 1759 novel, and Leonard Bernstein composed the music.” “Good venue; ...
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As the glittering chandeliers dim in the Lowell House Dining Hall, the lemon-yellow walls and checkerboard floors recede out of view and the chorus begins: “Fa Re Fa Si La Sol Fa Fa / Be welcome in ...
The South Florida Symphony Orchestra premieres “Candide” as part of its “Icons & Rebels Masterworks” season with performances in Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Key West. (Photo courtesy of South ...
For a left-leaning, sexually complicated Leonard Bernstein in McCarthyite USA, Voltaire’s scathing Enlightenment satire Candide, ou L’Optimisme offered a tantalising vehicle for comic operetta. His ...
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oltaire’s 17 th century Candide ou l’Optimisme (Candide: Optimism) is not merely a hallmark of the Enlightenment Age and holds as much relevance today as it did then, as it serves as a guide to more ...