Tovey Leads CANDIDE at Hollywood Bowl, 9/2

Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl Bramwell Tovey leads the orchestra in a concert version of Bernstein's comic operetta Candide, Thursday, September 2, at 8 p.m. The all-star roster of soloists in the production includes: Alek Shrader, as Candide, Anna Christy, as Cunegonde, Richard Suart as Pangloss/Martin, and Frederica von Stade, as Old Lady.
 
This presentation of Candide will be the first time the operetta has been performed in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl. 
 
The complete program includes:
  
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONICBRAMWELL TOVEY, conductor
ALEK SHRADER, Candide
Anna Christy, Cunegonde
Richard Suart, Pangloss/Martin
Frederica von Stade, Old Lady
PAUL La ROSA, Maximilian/Captain
Kathryn LeeMHUIS, Paquette
ASHLEY FAATOALIA, Inquisitor I/Prince Charles
ZACHARY ALTMAN, Inquisitor II/Hermann Augustus
DeANDRE SIMMONS, Inquisitor III/Tsar Ivan
AARON BLAKE, Sultan Achmet
GEORGE STERNE, Stanislaus
STEPHEN GRIMM, Grand Inquisitor
ABDIEL GONZALEZ and REID BRUTON, Two Señores
Soloists from the chorus: DANIEL CHANEY, CHRISTIAN MARCOE, JIM RAYCROFT
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
GRANT GERSHON, music director
 
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