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Candide
Title
Candide [videorecording].
Published
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
DVD ; Region code: 1, NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround or 2.0 stereo.
A comic opera in two parts.
"Candide is presented in a 1.78:1 widewcreen aspect ratio. Enhanced for 16:9 TVs"--Container.
Music, Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics, Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim ; An Ellen M. Krass production and Thirteen/WNET ; directed for television and stage by Lonny Price ; producers, Iris Merlis, Jay Good.
Recorded live at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, for Great performances.
Summary
A comic opera based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons.
Variant and related titles
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 29, 2014
Credits
Music, Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics, Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim ; An Ellen M. Krass production and Thirteen/WNET ; directed for television and stage by Lonny Price ; producers, Iris Merlis, Jay Good.
Performers
Paul Groves, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, Sir Thomas Allen, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Janine LaManna ; Westminster Symphonic Choir ; Juilliard undergraduate workshop ; New York Philharmonic, Marin Alsop, conductor.
System details note
DVD ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; Dollby digital 2.0 stereo.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Contents
Musical selections: Overture
Life is happiness indeed
The best of all possible worlds
Oh, happy we
It must be so
Westphalia Chorale
Dear boy
Auto-da-fé
This world
Paris waltz scene
Glitter and be gay
You were dead, you know
I am easily assimilated
Quartet finale
Entr'acte
My love
We are women
Alleluia
Quiet
Sheep's song
Ballad of Eldorado
Bon voyage
What's the use?
You were dead, you know : reprise
Make our garden grow : finale.
Videorecording number
ID2762EMDVD Image Entertainment
Subjects
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
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