Selections from CANDIDE (CONCERT VERSION)
by Leonard Bernstein, libretto by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Leonard Bernstein are presented by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, publisher and copyright owner.
Starring: Jeremy Blossey, Halley Gilbert, David Murray, Katy Sumrow, Charles Schneider, and Samantha Dango
Presented by:
State Repertory Opera - Dita Delman, Artistic Director
Society of Musical Arts Orchestra (SOMA) - Stephen Culbertson, Music Director / Conductor
The Symphonic Choir of Columbia High School - Jamie Bunce, Choral Director
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Music by Leonard Bernstein
Libretto by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Leonard Bernstein
Candide (or “Optimism”) is a satire that remains as fresh and pertinent today as when it was written in the 18th centuryby Voltaire. In the early 1950s rocked by the hysteria of McCarthyism, Lillian Hellman proposed a musical theater adaptation of Candide to Leonard Bernstein who began to sketch out the music.The operetta was revised numerous times over the years, with Stephen Sondheim (among many others) contributing to the revisions. The SRO cast brings the operetta to life with many themes relevant to the 21st century – injustice, religious intolerance, corruption, exploitation, naïve optimism, love, loss, and more – ultimately teaching that hard work and a simple life offer the truest path to happiness – culminating in the uplifting finale:
We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good
We'll do the best we know.
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow!
Candide – Jeremy Blossey
Cunegonde – Halley Gilbert
Dr Pangloss – David Murray
Old Lady – Katy Sumrow
Maximilian – Charles Schneider
Paquette – Samantha Dango
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Artistic Director - Dita Delman
Conductor - Stephen Culbertson
Director of Choral Activities, CHS - Jamie Bunce
Selections from CANDIDE (CONCERT VERSION) by Leonard Bernstein, libretto by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John LaTouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Leonard Bernstein are presented by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Agent for Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC, publisher and copyright owner.
About the NJ State Repertory Opera
The NJ State Repertory Opera's primary purpose and mission remain today what they were in 1975 when it was founded -- to help diverse New Jersey audiences experience excellent opera and musical performances on this side of the Hudson, sung by young New Jersey residents who will be tomorrow's luminaries in the opera world. For further information please visit: http://njsro.com/.
About the Society of Musical Arts
The Society of Musical Arts orchestra was founded in 1981 by New Jersey’s well-known master violin teacher, Samuel Applebaum, to offer opportunities for both amateur and professional musicians to present classical music for local audiences in Maplewood. The organization has flourished for the last seven years under the baton of Maestro Stephen Culbertson,who has conducted over 35 orchestras, opera productions, and ballet companies in Europe and the U.S. A strong advocate of American music as both a conductor and a publisher, he co-founded Subito Music Publishing in 1993 and is currently president of Subito Music Corporation, located in Verona, NJ. For further information please visit: https://www.somaorchestra.org/.
About Columbia High School Symphonic Choir
Columbia High School Symphonic Choir is the newest addition to the CHS choral program. Composed of the members of the CHS chamber choir program, Symphonic Choir rehearses periodically throughout the school year to prepare intermediate to advanced works for larger choirs. Now in its second year, the choir already has many credits to its name, such as performances at school concerts, the NJSMA Winter Choral Festival, the Hilltopper Choir Festival in Summit, NJ, and collaborative performances of Carl Orff’s masterwork “Carmina Burana” with the Summit Chorale, Orpheus Choir, and the JP Stephens A Cappella Choir in June of 2017.
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