"Lindy Hume’s Candide relays Bernstein’s genius, Voltaire’s wit. The case for Candide’s place at the pinnacle of 20th-century music is made strongly in Lindy Hume’s third Australian production of it in a decade. The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, under the inspired baton of Paul Kildea, is placed on the stage, allowing the sublime music to drive the picaresque narrative…. Hume’s decision to have her deliver her stratospheric signature aria Glitter and Be Gay on a swing is a masterstroke…"
The Australian
"Lindy Hume’s Candide relays Bernstein’s genius, Voltaire’s wit. The case for Candide’s place at the pinnacle of 20th-century music is made strongly in Lindy Hume’s third Australian production of it in a decade. The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, under the inspired baton of Paul Kildea, is placed on the stage, allowing the sublime music to drive the picaresque narrative…. Hume’s decision to have her deliver her stratospheric signature aria Glitter and Be Gay on a swing is a masterstroke…"
The Australian
"Lindy Hume’s Candide relays Bernstein’s genius, Voltaire’s wit. The case for Candide’s place at the pinnacle of 20th-century music is made strongly in Lindy Hume’s third Australian production of it in a decade. The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, under the inspired baton of Paul Kildea, is placed on the stage, allowing the sublime music to drive the picaresque narrative…. Hume’s decision to have her deliver her stratospheric signature aria Glitter and Be Gay on a swing is a masterstroke…"
The Australian
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© 2022 Lindy Hume
© 2022 Lindy Hume