Bernstein’s “Candide“ (1971)

Here is an in-house recording of a performance of the operetta while on tour in 1971 to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington D.C.. This performance is likely from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Douglas Campbell — Voltaire (Narrator) / Dr. Pangloss / Martin Frank Porretta — Candide Mary Costa — Cunegonde Rae Allen — Old Lady William Lewis — Governor / Baron Thunder-Ten Tronch / First Inquisitor / Marquis Milton / Ship Captain / Ferone Annette Cardona — Baroness Thunder-Ten Tronch / Princess Casmira / Lady of Paris / Pilgrim Mother / Governor’s New Mistress / Lady Frilly Joshua Hecht — King of Hesse / Inquisitor / Sultan / Pilgrim Father / Maximilian / Chief of Police Harold Brown — Hessian General / Arab Conjuror / Gentleman of Paris / Pilgrim / Senores I / Croupier Eugene Green — Herman, Second Hessian General / Third Inquistor / Party Guest / Pilgrim / Senores II / Gambler And here is a link to my Frank Porretta playlist: