2017-2018 Season
Candide
Arizona Opera Presents Leonard Bernstein’s Candide
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Read more from AZ Lifestyle's feature on Candide, this article includes questions and answers from Arizona Opera's President and CEO Joseph Specter. Candide is Leonard Bernstein’s operetta/musical theater piece based on Voltaire's 18th century novella of the same name. This Tony award-wining Broadway smash is Arizona Opera's company premiere in celebration of Bernstein’s centennial.
"Candide has a tremendous amount of musical integrity."- Joseph Specter