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VOCALESSENCE ¡CANTARE! CELEBRA ÉSTE MAYO 21 EN EL ORDWAY “EL SONIDO DE MEXICO”, UN GRAN CONCIERTO CON CIENTOS DE ESTUDIANTES LOCALES.

VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! invita a un compositor mexicano a escuelas de las ciudades gemelas como parte de un enriquecedor programa de residencia artística y cultural. Minneapolis, 24 de Enero, 2019. -Un concierto en el Ordway celebrando la música de México cerrará este año el programa VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! y dará a los estudiantes de las ciudades gemelas…  Read More →

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Nice to see you! What did you think?

Dear Friend, Thank you for joining us at Winter Wonder last weekend. If you already completed the survey, thank you! If not, would you take a few minutes to give us some feedback? VocalEssence staff extensively study the responses in order to make the next VocalEssence Family Series Event even better. To take our survey,…  Read More →

Candide by Theater Latte Da and VocalEssence

Jules | Minnesota Theater Love PUBLISHED: Sunday, March 24, 2019 http://www.mntheaterlove.com/2019/03/candide-by-theater-latte-da-and.html When: March 20-24 At: Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts Running Time: two and a half hours with intermish About: “A tale exploding with star-crossed lovers, melodramatic villains, broad comedy, and a beautiful score, Candide combines the power of opera with the delights of musical theatre. Wrapped…  Read More →

2019 Spring Arts and Dining Pairings

By Lavender February 28, 2019Categories: Arts & Culture, Featured – Home Page, Food & Dining, Our Scene Produced by Linda Raines and Chris Tarbox Arts Sections by John Townsend Dining Sections by Bradley Traynor https://www.lavendermagazine.com/our-scene/arts-culture/2019-spring-arts-and-dining-pairing/ Candide Theater Latte Da at Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts March 21-24, 2019 Voltaire was giant of the bloody French Revolution and his angry…  Read More →

Weekend Best Bets: March 22-24

This weekend around the Twin Cities: Waffle Day, classic musicals, more By Erik Tormoen | Minnesota Monthly March 21, 2019 https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/general/weekend-best-bets-march-22-24/ Candide at the Cowles What: Candide When: March 21-24, various showtimes Where: Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis It’s Leonard Bernstein’s other musical: a Broadway-bedazzled operetta, goofier than West Side, with less snapping but a…  Read More →

“Candide” by VocalEssence and Theatre Latte Da at the Cowles Center

by Jill | Cherry and Spoon  Friday, March 22, 2019 Leonard Bernstein is one of the best 20th Century American composers (not to mention pianist and conductor, as I learned last year). His Candide is stunningly beautiful, but based on Voltaire’s 18th Century satirical novel, it’s a bit… weird. Twin Cities vocal ensemble VocalEssence and music-theater company Theater Latte Da have combined to…  Read More →

Theater Latté Da, VocalEssence stage Leonard Bernstein’s ‘Candide’ as the masterpiece it always was

By TERRY BLAIN | Special to the Star Tribune PUBLISHED: MARCH 22, 2019 — 5:48PM http://www.startribune.com/theater-latt-vocalessence-stage-leonard-bernstein-s-candide-as-the-masterpiece-it-always-was/507520572/ REVIEW: A new staging helps audiences find the brilliance in Bernstein’s misunderstood operetta.   A hanging, a hurricane, a flood, a rape, plus multiple other acts of violence, all happening across a variety of countries and continents. No wonder…  Read More →

Review: A fine ‘Candide,’ indeed

By DOMINIC P. PAPATOLA | Special to the Pioneer Press PUBLISHED: March 22, 2019 at 12:08 pm https://www.twincities.com/2019/03/22/review-a-fine-candide-indeed/ For certain theater people, searching for a really good production of “Candide” is like trying to find the mythical Shangri La or Eldorado. For these people, the “Candide” playing an unfortunately short and even more unfortunately sold-out run at…  Read More →

Candide: Recommended

Brad Richason | CityPages http://www.citypages.com/calendar/candide/393423261   Candide DAILY FROM MARCH 21-23, 7:30 P.M. DAILY FROM MARCH 23-24, 2 P.M. $35-$45 CHORAL, CLASSICAL, THEATER   Based on the 1759 novella by Voltaire, Candide’s satirical storyline follows its titular character as calamity drives him from a sheltered upbringing to a journey of discovery. Along the way, he reunites…  Read More →

A fan-made ‘RoboCop’, Mark Mallman and Nora McInerny release books: A-List March 20

Brad Richason | CityPages Wednesday, March 20, 2019: http://www.citypages.com/arts/a-fan-made-robocop-mark-mallman-and-nora-mcinerny-release-books-a-list-march-20/507370821 Here’s our picks for great happenings this week. Candide Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts Based on the 1759 novella by Voltaire, Candide’s satirical storyline follows its titular character as calamity drives him from a sheltered upbringing to a journey of discovery. Along the way, he…  Read More →

The week’s five best Twin Cities classical concerts

Star Tribune MARCH 17, 2019 — 2:00PM: http://www.startribune.com/the-week-s-five-best-twin-cities-classical-concerts/507213622/ Medieval gets modern Picture a trio singing medieval works. Add newly penned pieces and plenty of electronics. Then squint a little, adjusting for the unexpected. Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center present an evening that toggles between 12th-century chants and world premieres. Vocal trio ModernMedieval —…  Read More →

INTERVIEW: Soprano Liv Redpath On Singing In The Best Of All Possible Worlds

by Basil Considine | Twin Cities Arts Reader March 18, 2019: https://twincitiesarts.com/2019/03/18/interview-soprano-liv-redpath-on-singing-in-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds/ Opera is seemingly everywhere in the Twin Cities in March, with productions and concerts by the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Opera, Skylark Opera Theatre, and more. Into this tangled period leaps the choral music ensemble VocalEssence, which has chosen “The Best of All Possible…  Read More →

Twin Cities team tries to ‘fix’ Leonard Bernstein’s biggest flop

By Terry Blain | Special to the Star Tribune MARCH 17, 2019 — 11:11AM: http://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-team-tries-to-fix-leonard-bernstein-s-biggest-flop/507161192/ Theater Latté Da doubles up with VocalEssence to rethink a confounding musical theater work. Photo: Allen Weeks After opening on Broadway in 1956, Leonard Bernstein’s operetta “Candide” ran for a paltry 73 performances. That’s a disaster in terms of music theater.…  Read More →