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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 t
hing, this is the place.  The final chorus raised roof
and spirits. A soaring end to an affecting evening. 

Fiona Madd
ocks (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
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    • About
    • Seb Harcombe
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    • Therese Raquin
    • Billy Budd
    • A Bright Room Called Day
    • Ladybird
    • The Illusion
  • Welkin
    • Elysium
    • Just
    • Sonnetarium
    • Mergers