Special Features
Page to Opera Stage: Voltaire’s & Bernstein’s ‘Candide’ Exemplifies (the Best of) All Possible Worlds
https://operawire.com/page-to-opera-stage-voltaires-bernsteins-candide-exemplifies-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds/
“Page to Opera Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This month, we look at Voltaire’s 18th century satirical novel “Candide”, which inspired Leonard Bernstein’s 20th century masterpiece. The prolific output of French historian, philosopher, satirist, {…}
