CANDIDE
Composed by: Leonard Bernstein
Book by: Hugh Wheeler, after Voltaire
Libretto by: Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein.
Directed by: Alison Moritz
The Atlanta Opera - 2023
Conducted by: James Lowe
Choreography by: Ricardo Aponte
Set by: Steven C. Kemp
Lighting by: Thomas Hase
Costumes by: Jennifer Moeller
Make-Up + Hair by: Melanie Steele
Sound by: Jon Summers
*Available to rent
Candide sees scenic designer Steven C. Kemp indulging his intricate side with a lavish, multi-tiered set that can be altered at a moment’s notice to be a regal palace interior, the dingy confines of a pedestrian tavern or even a sailing vessel on the high seas. It is an ingenious design with interlocking pieces that can be arranged and rearranged even as the action unfolds before our eyes.
It is that kind of large-scale sleight-of-hand that makes the epic realms of the theater come to life. Kemp has outdone himself with a set design that is as captivating to behold as it is brilliantly economical.
Jordan Owen
ArtsATL
