NYC Opera's Candide
NYC Opera's Candide
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#0NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/4/05 at 4:45pmIs anyone planning on seeing this? I would love to see Judy Kaye perform the role of the Old Lady.
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#1re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/4/05 at 5:37pmI'm planning on it... they sell student tix on the website!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#3re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/10/05 at 11:03pm
Just got back- it was wonderful.
Does anyone know which lyrics Sondheim contributed? I think I knew at one point, but I've forgotten now and I'm curious...
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
BJC899
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/04
#4re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/10/05 at 11:14pm
I SAW IT!
I went to the performance on the 5th.
The show was excellent. I love the music and the comedy was greatly executed. All the voices were awesome.
The set is cool, I like the use of that huge floor piece type of thing.
#5re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/10/05 at 11:28pmI saw this show in 1997, also directed by Hal Prince. I wonder what version their doing. I know the 97 version wasnt released for production, it's a shame, i love it, and i dont like the versions that are for production
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jim coleman
Stand-by Joined: 1/10/05
#6re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/10/05 at 11:37pmThe version that City Opera is doing is called the Opera-House version published by Boosey and Hawkes.
BatonMan
#7re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/10/05 at 11:45pmI'm seeing it Saturday night. I can't wait, it was the first opera I ever saw and I loved it then. The music is some of my favorite out of all genres.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#8re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/11/05 at 12:08am
For Sondheim's contributions:
http://www.sondheim.com/shows/candide/
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#9re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/11/05 at 1:18am
Thank you SO much, Margo. 
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#10re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/11/05 at 8:05amThey are doing the Harold Prince "Opera House" version - the same one that was on Broadway with Jim Dale and Andrea Martin in 1997.
#11re: NYC Opera's Candide
Posted: 3/11/05 at 9:23amA strange show. The book comes perilously close to falling apart at any conceivable moment. It's similar to Spamalot--nonsensical with vaudville moments. Nonetheless, the score is beautiful and the cast is talented (my goddess Judy Kaye is brillant!)
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