Candide: Dinner & Music at Komische Oper Berlin

About the Event

Indulge in a feast for all the senses in the cultural city of Berlin and enjoy a delicious dinner followed by the wonderful music of Candide at the world‐famous Komische Oper Berlin. Allow your faith in human nature to be reinforced by the ever‐optimistic Candide. Leonard Bernstein’s only operetta takes its place in the canon alongside West Side Story and On the Town as the musical world celebrates the composer’s centenary year.

Barrie Kosky brings a suitably starry lineup to the Komische Oper, with internationally‐acclaimed singers including Anne‐Sofie von Otter and Franz Hawlata and young stars such as Allan Clayton as Candide and Nicole Chevalier as his beloved Baroness Cunegonde.

Start the evening with a culinary delight and allow yourself to be spoiled with a delicious dinner before the concert. The Restaurant Gendarmerie is only a few minutes away from the Komische Oper and offers modern Berlin brasserie cuisine in a stylish ambience.

Practical Information

Round off your evening with an exclusive dinner and savor the many tastes of popular national dishes in Germany's capital. The restaurant Gendarmerie (Behrenstraße 42, 10117 Berlin) is situated within a short walking distance of the concert venue and will spoil you with the best of German cuisine in Berlin.

Menu:

Starters (choice of):
Shrimps with aioli
Lamb’s lettuce with Jerusalem artichokes, Ibérico ham and figs
Caesar salad with prawns
Clear tomato soup with leek, pancetta and pine nuts

Main Courses (choice of):
Pan‐fried escalope (schnitzel) with potato salad and cranberries
Calf’s liver in Calvados gravy with apples, onions, bacon and mashed potatoes
Traditional meatballs in a cream of champagne with small red beets, mashed potatoes and crispy capers
Salmon steak with seasonal grilled vegetables and Béarnaise sauce

Home made Desserts (choice of):
Crème brûlée from bourbon vanilla
Strawberry bowl with vanilla ice cream and espuma
Fine French cheese platter

drinks are not included in the price

Schedule
Your e‐ticket indicates the starting time of the concert.
If you wish to book/have booked a concert that starts at 19:30, then dinner time will be/is at 17:30.
If you wish to book/have booked a concert that starts at 20:00, then dinner time will be/is at 18:00.
Please make sure to arrive at restaurant Gendarmerie on time.

The price categories of the event include costs of concert and dinner.

Cast / Production

CONDUCTOR Jordan de Souza
STAGING Barrie Kosky
STAGE DESIGN Rebecca Ringst
COSTUME Klaus Bruns
CHOREOGRAPHY Otto Pichler
DRAMATURGY Maximilian Hagemeyer
CHORUS MASTER David Cavelius
LIGHT Alessandro Carletti

DR. PANGLOSS/VOLTAIRE Franz Hawlata
CANDIDE Allan Clayton/ Johannes Dunz
CUNEGONDE Nicole Chevalier/Nora Friedrichs
MAXIMILIAN Dominik Köninger
PAQUETTE Maria Fiselier
THE OLD LADY Anne Sofie von Otter/Fredrika Brillembourg
CACAMBO Emil Ławecki
MARTIN Tom Erik Lie
GOVERNOR Adrian Strooper
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin