Candide


Show Details

Music
Leonard Bernstein (490)
Lyrics
Richard Wilbur (18)
Book
Lillian Hellman (9)
Additional Lyrics
Leonard Bernstein (490), Lillian Hellman (9), John Latouche (73), Dorothy Parker (18), Stephen Sondheim (702), John Wells (8), Richard Wilbur (18)
Type
Operetta
Source
Based on the novel by Voltaire.
Premiere
December 1, 1956

Recordings


Audio Recordings

Candide - 1956 Original Broadway Cast
Candide - 1974 Broadway Cast
Candide - 1985 New York City Opera
Candide - 1988 Scottish Opera
Candide - 1989 Studio Cast
Candide - 1997 Broadway Cast
Candide - 1999 Royal National Theatre
Candide - 2005 Berlin Concert
Candide - 2018 Concert Cast

Video Recordings

Candide - 1989 Concert Cast
Candide - 2003 Italian Cast
Candide - 2004 Concert Cast
Candide - 2004 Japanese Cast
Candide - 2018 Concert Cast

Noncommercial Audio Recordings

Candide - 1968 Concert Cast
Candide - 1984 Cleveland Orchestra
Candide - 1988 Scottish Opera
Candide - 2004 New York Philarmonic
Candide - 2005 BBC Concert Orchestra Cast
Candide - 2007 Edinburgh Cast
Candide - 2008 English National Opera
Building a Library: Candide - 2018 BBC Radio Documentary

Noncommercial Video Recordings

Candide - 1986 New York City Opera (TV)
Candide - 1988 Scottish Opera
Candid - 2004 Institut del Teatre
Candide - 2006 Théâtre du Châtelet
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Recording Songs
Bernstein Conducts Bernstein - 1960 New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Overture
Larry Kert Sings Leonard Bernstein - 1960 Larry Kert It Must Be Me
Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters Sing the Popular Music of Leonard Bernstein - 1963 Alfred Drake and Roberta Peters The Best of All Possible Worlds, Glitter and Be Gay
Regards to Broadway - 1981 Judith Dow Paris Waltz
Leonard Bernstein Revisited - 1982 Various Artists Ringaroundarosie, We Are Women
"West Side Story" Symphonic Dances / "Candide" Overture - 1982 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Overture
I Wish It So - 1993 Dawn Upshaw Glitter and Be Gay
Both Sides of Bernstein - 1994 Sara Zahn Make Our Garden Grow, My Love, Ringaroundarosie, We Are Women
Somewhere: The Songs of Sondheim and Bernstein - 1994 Marina Prior Glitter and Be Gay
A Gala Concert For Hal Prince - 1995 Concert Cast Glitter and Be Gay, Overture
No One Is Alone - 1996 Laurie Beechman Make Our Garden Grow
A Simple Song: Blackwell Sings Bernstein - 1996 Harolyn Blackwell Glitter and Be Gay
Much More - 1997 Betty Buckley It Must Be So (Reprise)
Vocal Gershwin & Ellington - 1998 Ruth Nabal Glitter and Be Gay
Clive Barker: Being Music - 1999 Compilation Glitter and Be Gay
Broadway Classic - 2000 Lisa Vroman Glitter and Be Gay
Green Up Time - 2003 Ellen Zachos Make Our Garden Grow
Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein - 2004 Bill Charlap Glitter and Be Gay
The Broadway Musicals of 1956 - 2006 Town Hall Broadway by the Year Series Glitter and Be Gay, It Must Be So, Make Our Garden Grow, My Love
No One Is Alone - 2006 Barbara Cook Make Our Garden Grow
Musical Moments - 2008 Seiko Niizuma Make Our Garden Grow
My Favorite Things - 2008 Kimilee Bryant Glitter and Be Gay
My Personal Property - 2008 Christiane Noll Glitter and Be Gay
Back to Brooklyn - 2012 Barbra Streisand Make Our Garden Grow
If You Could Read My Mind - 2014 Cameron Carpenter Overture
Strangers Again - 2015 Judy Collins Make Our Garden Grow
A Live Concert for BC/EFA - Alix Korey Glitter and Be Gay


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