Nataliia Kukhar as The Old Lady
“We live in the best of all possible worlds” — this is the belief with which young Candide grows up at the Baron’s court in peaceful Westphalia. But an innocent kiss with Cunegonde, the Baron’s daughter, abruptly ends Candide’s carefree life: cast out of the castle, he embarks on an adventurous journey around the world, one that hurls him from one catastrophe to the next.
On his travels between Lisbon and Venice, Eldorado and Buenos Aires, Candide experiences war and fanaticism, natural disasters and plagues — and escapes death himself more than once by a hair’s breadth. Can this really be the best of all possible worlds?
With charming wit, musicologist and entertainer Götz Alsmann serves as narrator, guiding the audience through this bizarre tale with the subtle humor of Loriot. Candide — the best of all possible combinations of Voltaire, Bernstein, and Loriot in one evening full of sparkle, spirit, and musical brilliance!