The Wichita Grand Opera's 2024-25 Season
Fables and Fairytales
This whimsical theme brings timeless storybook tales to vivid operatic life, captivating multi-generational audiences. These cherished stories will foster imagination and an enjoyment of music.
September 6th, 2024
Once Upon a Time: WGO Annual Opera Ball
Wichita Country Club
September 27th & 28th, 2024
Dvořák: Rusalka (Little Mermaid)
Exploration Place Amphitheater
November 9th & 10th, 2024
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Century II Concert Hall
February 2025
Brahms: Requiem
May 17th & 18th, 2025
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Century II
Our Team
CEO Wichita Grand Opera
Dr. Dennis Ross, MD
General and Artistic Director
Whitney Reader
Director of Operations
Andrew Hernandez
Our Past Events
The Candide Cast Bio
The Wichita Grand Opera Presents Candide
The Wichita Grand Opera Proudly Presents Leonard Bernstein's Briliant Comic Operetta, Candide, On April 27th and 28th, 2024 at Century || Concert Hall. Acclaimed Actor Kelsey Grammer, of Cheers and Frasier fame, stars in this concert version production and brings his signature wit and charisma telling the tale of this glittering satire.The production also features Metropolitan Opera singer and stage director Emily Pulley as well as rising stars Jonathan Johnson and Amy Owens, who perform the leading roles of Candide and Cunegonde. Inspired by Voltaire's eponymous novella, the story follows the adventures of the innocent Candide on a quest for meaning and happiness in a world ravaged by absurdity.
Bernstein's dazzling score incorporates a whirlwind of musical styles, ranging from lush European romanticism to jazzy American rhythms, whirling waltzes, a sardonic bolero, and a red-hot tango. with Grammer's legendary with, the vocal pyrotechnics of the cast and the virant energy of the WGO Chorus & Orchestra. Bernstein's dazzling score incorporates a whirlwind of musical styles, ranging from lush European romanticism to jazzy American rhythms, whirling waltzes, a sardonic bolero, and a red-hot tango. with Grammer's legendary with, the vocal pyrotechnics of the cast and the virant energy of the WGO Chorus & Orchestra, this concert promises to be an unforgettable night of passion and laughter.
