Kelsey Grammer, 5-time Emmy Award winner, will join Wichita Grand Opera for ‘Candide’

Kelsey Grammer, five-time Emmy Award winner, will join Wichita Grand Opera for a production of “Candide” on April 27-28 at Century II Concert Hall.

Grammer will narrate the operetta, whose authors include Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, and portray Dr. Pangloss. Metropolitan Opera veteran Emily Pulley also will be in the cast. The orchestra and chorus will be conducted by WGO artistic director Whitney Reader.

Ticket information will be available soon at wichitagrandopera.org. Tickets will be available through selectaseat.com.

Grammer won four Emmys as psychiatrist Frasier Crane in “Cheers” and its spinoff, “Frasier.” His fifth Emmy was for guest voice on “The Simpsons” as Sideshow Bob. Grammer revived the character for a reboot of “Frasier” last year on the Paramount+ streaming service.

This story was originally published February 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM.