The Best Of All Possible Worlds

Starring Patti Lupone as The Old Woman

Get swept up as Los Angeles Opera presents Leonard Bernstiens's exuberant Candide, taking you on a round-the-world thrill ride! An operatic and musical theater great that follows the ups and downs and further downs of the eternally optimistic titular character, expect an evening full of spirit, satire, silliness, and sass as Candide touches down at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this fall in this new version adaptation from Hugh Wheeler's book by John Caird.

What Is The Story?

This bounding opera first opened in 1954, where it was met a with less than enthusiastic response. However, Candide's vim and vigour have gone on to win it enormous popularity all over the world as audiences defied the critics and took to the freewheeling adventure and its raft of musical theater classics, including the magnificent 'Glitter and be Gay' and 'Make Our Garden Grow'.

Based on a novella from Voltaire, Candide is all at once a love story, a drama, a thriller, and a tragedy rolled into one merry-go-round of ever-revived characters who populate Candide's journey. From living in a swanky castle as a Baron's illegitimate son to a beggar on the streets, to an earthquake-causing heretic and much, much more in-between, prepare to follow a dazzling story that fills the auditorium with glee and wonder.