C A N D I D E

by Leonard Bernstein
Blackheath Halls Opera
Sep / Oct 2022

★★★★
Full of zest and joy.  If heart, soul and inspirational music-making
are your thing, this is the place.  The final chorus raised roof
and spirits. A soaring end to an affecting evening. 
Fiona Maddocks (The Guardian)

Production
Seb Harcombe (director), Elliott Squire (designer),
Christopher Stark (conductor), Tracey Gibbs (lighting design)

​Cast
Nick Pritchard (Candide), Ellie Neate (Cunegonde),
Frederick Long (Pangloss), Sarah Pring (Old Lady),
Matthew Kellett (Maximillian), Hannah Leggatt-McPhee (Paquette), Adam Brown (Vanderdendur), James Liu (Governor)
and the BHO Chorus and Orchestra

A remarkable achievement - and a wonderfully imaginative,
creative and theatrically satisfying evening. .
Robert Hugill (Opera Today)

A fantastical adventure, shot through with boundless enthusiasm.
Culture Whisper​