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)
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
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