Richard Wilbur, John Wells, Hugh Wheeler, John La Touche, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, after Voltaire
A musical satire
Translated from English by Inese Zandere
The libretto translated from English by Kintija Rodgers
At the Dailes Theatre, Main Hall, from
26.02.2027.
26.02.27. Performance with English surtitles. For easier reading of the surtitles, when buying tickets we recommend choosing seats from row 7 to the back of the hall /
26.02.27.performance with English surtitles. For better visibility of the surtitles, we recommend choosing seats starting from the 7th row and back.
Leonard Bernstein’s Candide is one of the world’s best-loved works of musical theatre, created after Voltaire’s philosophical satire. How do you keep hope alive in a world with so much injustice, and is blind optimism wisdom or, after all, foolishness? That is what the naive story of Candide is about, a little satirical and harsh, but always timely.
The work had its premiere on December 1, 1956, on Broadway, and the simplest way to define it is as a “musical with operetta character” - so in Candide there is something from both worlds: both the musical flight typical of operetta and the honesty and sparkle of musicals.
For three years now, the 10th Dailes Acting Studio has been studying at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. These students are not only learning acting, but also intensively developing their music and dance skills. The young people, who are currently in their 3rd year of study, have already managed to prove themselves on the stage of the Dailes Theatre, making their debut in Viesturs Kairišs’s anniversary concert performance of Peteris Petersons’s Poem about a Player (2023), taking part in the performances Snake Words (2023), California Hills (2025), the Latvian National Theatre production A Streetcar Named Desire (2025), and others.
Meanwhile, the beloved Raimonds Pauls musical Forest Swans (2024), in which the students also took on the leading roles, was nominated both for the Kilogram of Culture 2024 award in the Theatre category and for the audience award at the Spēlmaņu nakts theatre awards. The young professionals are working with Dailes Theatre actor and director Mārtiņš Meiers for the second time - the first time was in the audience-acclaimed musical performance Puss in Boots (2026).
A co-production with the Cēsis Art Festival.
Cast: Artis Robežnieks, Jana Herbsta, Eduards Rediko, Agate Grīnhofa, Ralfs Puzāns, Gerda Igaune, Sintija Ceplauska, Katrīna Altenburga, Tomass Deinis, Pēteris Narubins, Daniela Muižniece, Domeniks Slišāns, Justīne Skutāne, Kate Kokamegi, Elza Ruča, Annija Bildarte, Daniels Loginovs, Henrijs Kozlovskis, Mārtiņš Meiers or Kārlis Arnolds Avots
Director - Mārtiņš Meiers, set and costume designer - Emīls Jansons, choreographer - Sintija Skrabe, music director and arranger - Juris Vaivods, vocal coach and répétiteur - Ilze Dzenīte, stage manager - Gunta Jurevica, producer - Kristīne Mūrmane
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