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Candide

PREMIERE

12/1/1956 — Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway

COMPOSER

LIBRETTISTS

Lyric Opera of Chicago
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DATE	TIME	LOCATION
11/03/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/06/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/09/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/11/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/13/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/15/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/17/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/19/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/21/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/26/1994	--	Chicago, IL
11/28/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/01/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/06/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/09/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/11/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/12/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/13/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/15/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/17/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/19/1994	--	Chicago, IL
12/21/1994	--	Chicago, IL

Synopsis

Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to Voltaire's novel. The primary lyricist was the poet Richard Wilbur. Other contributors to the text were John Latouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, Stephen Sondheim, John Mauceri, John Wells, and Bernstein himself. Maurice Peress and Hershy Kay contributed orchestrations. Although unsuccessful at its premiere, Candide has now overcome the unenthusiastic reaction of early audiences and critics and achieved more popularity. It is used in some music schools as a student show because of the quality of its music and the opportunities it offers to student singers. The first such campus performance was at Indiana University in December 1957.

MOST PRODUCED SINCE 2000
RANK	TITLE	PRODUCTIONS
50	Candide	42

50	Samson and Delilah	42
50	Sweeney Todd	42
53	Nabucco	41
53	The Turn of the Screw	41
55	Susannah	40
This work ranks as the #6 most produced North American title since 2000.

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