THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010, AT 8 PM

The Concert is Generously Sponsored by Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts

WHAT:

Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl Bramwell Tovey leads the orchestra in a concert version of Bernstein’s comic operetta Candide, Thursday, September 2, at 8 p.m. The all-star roster of soloists in the production includes: Alek Shrader, as Candide, Anna Christy, as Cunegonde, Richard Suart as Pangloss/Martin, and Frederica von Stade, as Old Lady.



This presentation of Candide will be the first time the operetta has been performed in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl.



Complete Program:



BERNSTEIN Candide




WHO:

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

BRAMWELL TOVEY, conductor

ALEK SHRADER, Candide

ANNA CHRISTY, Cunegonde

RICHARD SUART, Pangloss/Martin

FREDERICA von STADE, Old Lady

PAUL La ROSA, Maximilian/Captain

KATHRYN LEEMHUIS, Paquette

ASHLEY FAATOALIA, Inquisitor I/Prince Charles

ZACHARY ALTMAN, Inquisitor II/Hermann Augustus

DeANDRE SIMMONS, Inquisitor III/Tsar Ivan

AARON BLAKE, Sultan Achmet

GEORGE STERNE, Stanislaus

STEPHEN GRIMM, Grand Inquisitor

ABDIEL GONZALEZ and REID BRUTON, Two Señores

Soloists from the chorus: DANIEL CHANEY, CHRISTIAN MARCOE, JIM RAYCROFT

LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE

GRANT GERSHON, music director

WHEN: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 8 PM

WHERE: HOLLYWOOD BOWL

2301 North Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90068

HOW TO PURCHASE:

Tickets are on sale now at HollywoodBowl.com, at the Hollywood Bowl Box Office (12pm – 6pm, Tues. – Sun.), via credit card phone order at 323.850.2000, or through Ticketmaster. Groups of 10 or more may call 323.850.2050 for information about special rates, subject to availability.

CONTACT: Sophie Jefferies, 213.972.3422, sjefferies@laphil.org; Lisa White, 213.972.3408, lwhite@laphil.org

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