Leonard Bernstein's Candide [videorecording (DVD)] : a comic operetta in two acts / music, Leonard Bernstein ; book, Hugh Wheeler ; lyrics, Richard Wilbur ; additional lyrics, Stephen Sondheim ... [et al.] ; an Ellen M. Krass production and Thirteen/WNET ; directed for television and stage by Lonny Price.
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Notes:
Paul Groves, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Sir Thomas Allen, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Janine LaManna; with supporting performers; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Juilliard undergraduate workshop; New York Philharmonic; Marin Alsop, conductor. Recorded live at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, for Great performances.
Summary:
Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta is based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons.
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