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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

  • 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

 

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