Candide The Musical

 

Music by Leonard Bernstein

Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Book by Hugh Wheeler

Candide Recommended Resources

Plot Summary & Audition Tips for Candide

List of Characters in Candide

Candide Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)

Candide Complete Vocal Score

Voltaire's Novel: Candide

Film of the 2000 Candide Stage Version

Candide 1956 Original Broadway Cast Rec.

Candide 1997 Revival Recording

Bernstein Conducts Candide

Based on the novel by Voltaire, Candide is a social commentary on the glorification of war.

Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss/Governor/Host (Tenor)

narrator/Candide's monistic teacher

Candide (Tenor)

bastard cousin who is well treated

Cunegonde (Coloratura)

well-bred and very innocent young woman, the Baron's virgin daughter

Maximilian (Baritone)

 an extremely self-centered, egotistical young man

Paquette (Mezzo)

ample-bosomed, sexy and promiscuous sewing maid

 

 

Old Lady (Alto)

Small Chorus

Candide Links - Related Websites

Audition Preparation Materials

List of Songs in Candide

• A Guide to Leonard Bernstein's Candide
• Candide Song Lyrics

• The Best Of All Possible Worlds
• It Must Be So
• Oh, Happy We
• Life Is Happiness Indeed
• You Were Dead You Know
• Glitter and Be Gay
• I Am Easily Assimilated
• My Love
• Ballad Of Eldorado
• Bon Voyage
• What's The Use?
• Make Our Garden Grow