Celebrating Lenny’s 100th this year has made Candide ubiquitous at opera houses worldwide.
The cultiest of cult musicals, an All-American take on the Iliad and the Odyssey, the spectacularly witty Golden Apple of John Latouche (words) and Jerome Moross (music), opened Off Broadway in 1953 to some acclaim.
Fosca, finalmente mia!
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