Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide 1989
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This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican Centre, with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with a stellar cast of operatic stars gracing the solo parts. The programme lasts a full 2hrs 27 mins. It marks the end of a long and tortured journey for the musical/operetta that spent much of its first 35 years as an orphan in the musical wilderness.
- Released: 1989-12-13
- Runtime: 147 minutes
- Genre: Music
- Stars: Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Jerry Hadley, Adolph Green, June Anderson
- Director: Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Burton, Voltaire, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein