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Candide
PREMIERE12/1/1956 — Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway
COMPOSERLeonard Bernstein   
LIBRETTISTSLillian Hellman   Richard Wilbur   
Glimmerglass Festival
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7/08/20237:30 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
7/10/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
7/16/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
7/25/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
7/27/20237:30 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
7/29/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
8/05/20237:30 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
8/07/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
8/13/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
8/15/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
8/18/20237:30 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
8/20/20231:00 PMAlice Busch Opera Theater
Cooperstown, NY
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
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This work ranks as the #7 most produced North American title since 2000.

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