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Voltaire

Other operas based on works by Voltaire:

Alzira - Giuseppe Verdi

Candide - Leonard Bernstein

Information about the opera Candide by Leonard Bernstein, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.

A sparkling mixture of popular and classical.

Recommended recordings on CD

Bernstein/Hadley/Anderson (Deutsche Grammophon 429 734-2)

429 734-2

London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, 1989.

Cast: Jerry Hadley (Candide), June Anderson (Cunegonde), Adolph Green (Dr Pangloss), Christa Ludwig (Old lady).

Deutsche Grammophon 429 734-2

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