Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.

Beverly Sills in supremely confident form, vocally and histrionically in Donizetti’s famous opera, with a brilliant supporting cast that includes tenor William McDonald, Spiro Malas and Muriel Costa-Greenspon, led by Maestro Charles Wendelken-Wilson.