Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide 1989

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This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican Centre, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with a stellar cast of operatic stars gracing the solo parts. The programme lasts a full 2hrs 27 mins. It marks the end of a long and tortured journey for the musical/operetta that spent much of its first 35 years as an orphan in the musical wilderness.

Release Date 1989-12-13
Runtime 2h 27m
Director Humphrey Burton
Producer
Writers Voltaire, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman