![]() ![]() In a conversation with NPR's Scott Simon, Grammer explains how acting and music pulled him out of his childhood shyness, and why personal hardships such as divorce and the early loss of his father and sister ultimately came to brighten his outlook on life.Ĭlick the audio link to hear the full interview with NPR's Scott Simon. While far from his first singing performance, the show is Grammer's first time on the opera stage. Pangloss, the bullheaded optimist and subject of much of the story's satire, and as Voltaire himself. In this year of the composer's centennial, the Los Angeles Opera has mounted a new production of Candide, starring the Emmy winner in a dual role - as Dr. ![]() Like the psychiatrist he spent two decades portraying on Frasier and Cheers, Kelsey Grammer loves Bernstein. The original production lasted just two months on Broadway, but the score is still a popular favorite - and the show has been revived many times over the years, with Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, John Mauceri, and Bernstein himself adding material. It became an operetta in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman, contributions from Dorothy Parker and Richard Wilbur, the noted poet - and some gorgeous music by Leonard Bernstein. Candide is a show with a classy pedigree. ![]()
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