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Taught in childhood to believe they live in "the best of all possible worlds," the young characters struggle to preserve their optimism through a harrowing sequence of war, famine, shipwreck, piracy, slavery, rape, and disease with a sparkle in their eyes and a tune on their lips, until, with difficulty, they finally reach a sense of reality.
Candide spans the traditional division between opera and Broadway. The soloists, all headliners, are recruited from both worlds. Broadway is represented by Patti LuPone, who became a legend in Evita, and Tony award winner Kristin Chenoweth. Paul Groves and Stanford Olsen have distinguished operatic backgrounds. They all sing Leonard Bernstein's catchy tunes and the show's clever lyrics with gorgeous voices, a lot of acting skill and a witty, flippant response to Voltaire's cynical (or, rather, realistic) philosophy. --Joe McLellan
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Kristin Chenoweth |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 04 November, 1972 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Image Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedy, Comedy Video, Movie, Musicals, Musicals & Cast Recordings |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 014381276220 |
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Customer Reviews of Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances)
Fantastic concert imagining. Before I watched this concert when it originally aired on PBS, I was unfamiliar with Candide but was a huge fan of Bernstein's music. This concert production, regardless of its gimmicks (the passing of a West Side Story record during "It Must Be So", the "bang" flag coming out of a fake gun as it is shot off, Donald Trump presiding over the "Auto-Da-Fe" proceedings, etc., etc.), is fantastic, mainly due to its stellar cast. I am a huge fan of Kristin Chenoweth, and her performance as Cunegonde is spectacular. Her "Glitter and Be Gay" sounds and looks effortless, and her comic timing is impeccable. Paul Groves as Candide is wonderful, and his tenor voice is lovely. Sir Thomas Allen, doubling as the Narrator and Dr. Pangloss, is hilarious and his voice is absolutely magnificent. Jeff Blumenkrantz as the humorous, over-the-top, narcissistic Maximilian is a standout...he turns a supporting role into something to be remembered. Although many of these reviewers disagree with me, Patti LuPone is wonderful as the Old Lady...although she doesn't have an operatic voice, she is really a fantastic actress, and her presence is incomparable. Overall, I would say that, especially if you enjoy Bernstein's music, that this is worth buying and watching.
Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Live at Lincoln Center)
Though the staging of this masterpiece is simpler than the original Broadway production, the incredible Bernstein score performed by an equally incredible cast makes this a magnificent treat to watch. The cast together with the New York Philharmonic seems to have created this performance as a labor of love for the great Leonard Bernstein.
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TOO MUCH CLOWNING -- WAY TOO GIMMICKY
I recently saw Les Miserables - 10th Anniversary Concert on DVD and absolutely fell in love with it so I thought I would try something similar and decided to give Candide try. Boy, was I disappointed. I can't get past the first 30 minutes -- all these silly gimmicky "jokes" that are not even remotely funny. The singing is not bad (this cast has better technical control of their voices compared to the cast in Les Miz) but the choreography is trite and unimaginative, and the acting so juvenille that you'd think the characters are retarded. When the narrator fired his gun and a "bang" flag shot out from the gun instead -- that was over the top for me.... Yuck.