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A satirical novella by Voltaire meets a dazzling score by Leonard Bernstein in this 1956 operetta. The naïvely optimistic Candide sets out to explore the world, beset by an endless series of disasters, including war, an earthquake, and a shipwreck.

By turns funny, philosophical, and deeply moving, Candide mixes human foibles, supernatural catastrophes, and earthly adversity into a thoroughly entertaining whole. Come hear Bernstein’s legendary score, full of witty lyrics, romantic longing, and the greatest finale in all opera.

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Candide

Overture Center for the Arts

A satirical novella by Voltaire meets a dazzling score by Leonard Bernstein in this 1956 operetta. The naïvely optimistic Candide sets out to explore the world, beset by an endless series of disasters, including war, an earthquake, and a shipwreck.

Featured in such films as Excalibur and Natural Born Killers, music from Carl Orff’s powerful and dramatic cantata, Carmina Burana, is one of the most popular pieces in all of classical music. Music Director Tito Muñoz, who opened his first season in Phoenix with Carmina Burana, kicks off his 10th anniversary season with the sensational spectacle. Inspired by another beloved work, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Adam Schoenberg’s Picture Studies earned two 2018 Grammy nominations including one for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

The Mighty Carmina Burana

Symphony Hall

Enjoy an all-out thrilling climax to our season with audience favorite Carmina Burana with its highly rhythmic and primitive score performed by Beverly Taylor’s MSO Chorus and three dynamic soloists (whom many of you will know from their recent work with Madison Opera). And MSO audiences will get to know Florence Price, a highly popular composer from the 1930s, who is having a major renaissance in the symphonic world.

Jeni Houser

Soprano

Events

26 - 28 Apr, 2024

Candide · Madison Opera

26 - 27 Apr, 2024

Candide · Overture Center for the Arts

Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2023

The Mighty Carmina Burana · Phoenix Symphony

5 - 7 May, 2023

Renaissance & Passion · Madison Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cunegonde in Candide by Bernstein

Madison Opera

Soprano in Carmina Burana by Orff

Phoenix Symphony

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