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Candide: Musik: Leonard Berstein, nach dem Roman von Voltaire- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, DDR Erstaufführung

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Identifier: PA-0777
Title: Candide: Musik: Leonard Berstein, nach dem Roman von Voltaire- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, DDR Erstaufführung
Creator: Jütte, H.F.
Organization: Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar--Performances--Germany (East)
Date Created: 1986
Extent: 81 x 57
Description: This poster is an abstract work in pastels featuring several exaggerated portraits, one crying blood with its head detached from its neck, one a witch, one appears to be a gargoyle, and a nude woman lying at the bottom. The title is at top in white, with the remaining text at the bottom in gold and white. This poster advertises for "Candide" with music by Leonard Bernstein, based on the book by Voltaire.
Subject: Musical Theater; Voltaire, 1694-1778; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Medium: Theater posters
Spatial Coverage: Weimar

Item sets: East German Posters