Candide

by Leonard Bernstein

Company : Welsh National Opera, Cardiff

• Conductor : Ryan McAdams
• Director : James Bonas
• Set Designer : Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
• Costume Designer : Nathalie Pallandre
• Video & Animations : Grégoire Pont
• Lighting Designer : Rob Casey
• Choreographer : Ewan Jones
• Sound Designer : Sebastian Frost
• Video Editing Assistant : Xavier Boyer
• Staff Director : Caroline Chaney
• Assistant Conductor : Tom Fetherstonhaugh
• Associate Choreographer : Alex Christian

Cast

• Candide : Ed Lyon
• Cunegonde : Soraya Mafi
• Paquette : Francesca Saracino
• Maximillian : Jack Holton
• Old Lady : Amy J Payne
• Cacambo : Cameron Boulter
• Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronck : Howard Kirk
• Baroness of Thunder-Ten-Tronck : Angharad Morgan
• Archbishop : Julian Boyce
• Don Issachar : George Newton-Fitzgerald
• Governor / Vanderdendur : Aled Hall
• Great Inquisitor : Meriel Andrew
• Great Inquisitor : Rhodri Prys Jones
• Heresy Agent : Alex Christian
• Captain / Crook / Solo 4 : Ryan Vaughan-Davies
• Narrator / Pangloss / Sage / Beggar : Rakie Ayola
• Priest : Joseph Bristow
• Ragotski : Alun Rhys-Jenkins
• Slave Driver : Sam Jamison
• Solo 1 / Prefect : George Newton-Fitzgerald
• Solo 2 / Guest 1 : Carolyn Jackson
• Solo 3 / Sheep 2 : Helen Jarmany
• Solo 5 / Guest 2 : Stephen Wells
• Solo 6 / Aide : Stella Woodman
• Solo 7 / Sheep 1 : Claire Hampton
• Judge 1 / Señor 1 : Huw Llywelyn
• Judge 2 / Señor 2 : Alastair Moore
• Judge 3 : Samuel Snowden
• Dancer 1 : Alex Christian
• Dancer 2 : Cameron Boulter
• Dancer 3 : Joseph Bristow
• Dancer 4 : Amaris Pearl Gillies
• Dancer 5 : Nina Hayward
• Dancer 6 : Sam Jamison
• Dancer 7 : Shannon McAvoy
• Dancer 8 : Lizzie Treece

Performance dates

• 17/09/2025 19:30
• 19/09/2025 19:30
• 21/09/2025 16:00
• 02/10/2025 19:30
• 10/10/2025 19:30
• 17/10/2025 19:30