Candide Reviews
William Dart Sees Sparkle Aplenty
“James Benjamin Rodgers, in the title role, sung with unforced lyricism, calling on his considerable vocal heft when Bernstein stirs up a full operatic climax.”
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John Daly-Peoples gives a splendid review of Candide in National Business Review.
“James Benjamin Rodgers with his cheerful, ingenuous voice, gave a slendid performance as the naive superhero…”
Michael Hooper hails “Bawdy, Bright and Sparkling” Candide
“Well controlled, and holding his notes with air to spare, open-throated, unaffected and wonderfully “un-operatic”, he gives us a beautifully judged, warm, accurate and beguiling young musical hero…”
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