Candide ( Leonard Bernstein) dir. Christopher Luscombe, con. Alfonso Casado Trigo, Grange Festival, eng s. subs

When young Candide s marriage offer to a baron s daughter backfires, the naïve student of optimism is hurled into an eyeopening journey around the globe, discovering the horrors of existence at every step. Turning Voltaires Candide, a stinging blast against tyranny and feigned moralising, into toewiggling musical theatre is a crazy idea. Bernstein revised his operetta countless times before settling on the final version. The Grange Festivals 2018 semistaged production commemorates the composers 100th birthday. Narrator, Pangloss, Martin Richard Suart Candide Rob Houchen Cunegonde Katie Hall Maximilian Charles Rice Old Woman Rosemary Ashe Paquette Kitty Whately Cacambo, Governor, Vanderdendur, 1st Agent Robert Murray Chorus The Grange Festival Chorus Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Music Leonard Bernstein Text Richard Wilbur Conductor Alfonso Casado Trigo Director Christopher Luscombe Chorus Master Tom Primrose