Advance ticket sales are now closed. TIckets are still available and can be purchased at The Cowles Center beginning at 6 PM.

This is a preview performance. Seating is general admission.

VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
VocalEssence Chamber Chorus
Phinehas Bynum
Michael Fairbairn
Bradley Greenwald
Liz Hawkinson
Susan Hofflander
Rodolfo Nieto
Liv Redpath
G. Phillip Shoultz, III
Chamber orchestra
Philip Brunelle, music director
Peter Rothstein, stage director

This production is in partnership with Theater Latté Da.

With star-crossed lovers, villains, Monty Python-esque comedy, and a beautiful score, Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is opera for the people. Wrapped in irony, this musical follows the optimistic young Candide in search of “the best of all possible worlds” on an extraordinary journey to reunite with his soulmate. Imagined by Theater Latté Da’s Peter Rothstein, the all-star cast will perform a theatrical concert version, allowing audiences to savor the epic beauty of Bernstein’s music.

Concert Program