Kelsey Grammer makes his L.A. Opera debut co-starring with Broadway's Christine Ebersole in Leonard Bernstein's most troubled composition, 'Candide.' By Jordan Riefe Produced a year before Leonard ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. In a season that has varied widely in its conceptual continuity, The Atlanta Opera’s “Candide” (through March 12 at the Cobb Energy Centre for the ...

Written in the 1700s by Voltaire, “Candide” has become a popular operetta that has been adapted multiple times. Madison Opera presents its production at the Overture Center for the Arts April 26 and ...

Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” is what’s known as a problem opera, or operetta, or musical; call it what you will. It seems that no one has ever quite managed to make it work, and so new hands are ...

Candide might have been an idiot. But the New York City Opera was no fool to stage the operetta, which closed on Sunday after a two-week run. Voltaire’s novella is well suited to light opera, a madcap ...

Cast: David Adams, Megan King, Jake Coleman, Tommy Rowell, Paul Houghtaling, Patrick Jacobs, Aimee Riemersma, April Golliver; with the Mobile Opera Chorus. : Mobile Opera opens its 65th season with ...

The Garden State is the best place to be this week for fans of groundbreaking American opera, as new revivals of two of the best and most provocative works of the 20th century open this weekend. On ...