Poster for Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

1989 2 hours 27 minutes

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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

13th December 1989

36 years ago

Runtime

2 hours 27 minutes

Finishes at 4:11pm

Directed by

Humphrey Burton

Image of Humphrey Burton

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