Candide
Broadway:
Opening date: 1er décembre 1956 (Martin Beck Theatre)
Closing date: 2 février 1957
Nombre de représentations consécutives : 73
West End:
Opening date: 30 avril 1959 (Saville Theatre)
Nombre de représentations consécutives :
Paris:
Une production en anglais est montée au Châtelet par Jean-Luc Choplin en 2006, sur un mise en scène de Robert Carsen avec Lambert Wilson (Voltaire), William Burden (Candide), Anna Christy (Cunegonde)
D'après le roman éponyme écrit par Voltaire
Livret: Lillian Hellman
Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Dorothy Parker
Musique: Leonard Bernstein
Mise en scène: Tyrone Guthrie
Chorégraphie: Wallace Seibert, Anna Sokolow
Direction musicale:
Orchestrations: Leonard Bernstein, Hershy Kay
Décors: Oliver Smith
Costumes: Irene Sharaff
Lumières: Paul Morrison
L'histoire
Dans cette adaptation musicale du roman satirique de Voltaire, le naïf Candide est séparé de sa Cunegonde bien-aimée et voyage autour du monde pour la retrouver, en conservant la conviction de son professeur Pangloss que "c'est le meilleur des mondes possibles" face à des catastrophes toujours plus nombreuses.
Adaptation Cinématographique
NON
Distribution Originale
Martin/Dr. Pangloss: Max Adrian
Cunegonde/Scrub Lady: Barbara Cook
Old Lady/Madame Sofronia: Irra Petina
Candide: Robert Rounseville
Marquis Milton/Man: Boris Aplon
Singer/Duke of Naples/Alchemist/Very Old Inquisitor: Charles Aschmannas
Very, Very Old Insquisitor/King of Hesse/Captain: Conrad Bain
Singer/Croupier/Arab Conjurer: Robert Barry
Sultan Milton: Joseph Bernard
Singer/Officer/Lady Toothly: George Blackwell
Lawyer/Ferone: William Chapman
Junkman/Beggar: Robert Cosden
Singer/Lady Cutely: Dori Davis
Singer/Officer/Dutch Man: Tony Drake
Maximilian: Louis Edmonds
Singer/Wine-Seller: Stanley Grover
Singer/Lady Soothly: Fred Jones
Singer/Pilgrim Mother: Dorothy Krebill
Singer/Baron/Prince Ivan: Robert Mesrobian
Dancer/Bear: Charles Morrell
Infant Casmira: Maria Novotna
Singer/Woman: Doris Okerson
Governor of Buenos Aires: William Olvis
Singer/Officer/Lady Richmond/Beggar: Thomas Pyle
Hesse's General/Prefect of Police: Norman Roland
Singer/Grocery Lady/Dutch Lady/Beggar: Margaret Roy
Singer/Pilgrim Father/Bear Man/Atheist: Robert Rue
French Lady/Duchess: Maud Scheerer
Singers: Peggyann Alderman, Jack De Lon, Naomi Farr, Mollie Knight, Vivian Laurence, Henry Lawrence, Lois Monroe, Mara Shorr, Dorothy White
Dancers: Alvin Beam, Charles Czarny, Marvin Gordon, Carmen Gutierrez, Frances Noble, Liane Plane, Gloria Stevens
Numéros Musicaux
Act I
Overture – Orchestra
Scene 1: Westphalia
Opening: The Best of All Possible Worlds – Dr. Pangloss, Chorus, Cunegonde, Candide
Duet: Oh, Happy We – Candide and Cunegonde
Chorus: Wedding Chorale – Chorus
Scene 1A: Candide Travels to Lisbon
Meditation: It Must Be So – Candide
Scene 2: Lisbon
Ensemble: Lisbon Sequence: Lisbon Fair / The Prediction / Dear Boy / The Inquisition: Auto-da-Fé* – Infant Casmira, Conjuror, Pangloss, The Inquisitors, and Chorus (Lyrics by Bernstein)
Ensemble: Lisbon Sequence: Lisbon Fair / The Prediction / Pray For Us – Infant Casmira, Conjuror, and Chorus (Lyrics by Bernstein)
Scene 2A: Candide Travels to Paris
Meditation: It Must Be Me – Candide
Scene 3: Paris
Mazurka: The Paris Waltz – Orchestra
Aria: Glitter and Be Gay – Cunegonde
Duet: You Were Dead, You Know – Candide and Cunegonde (Lyrics by John Latouche and Wilbur)
Scene 3A: They Travel to Buenos Aires
Ensemble: Pilgrims' Procession – Pilgrim Mother, Pilgrim Father, Cunegonde, Old Lady, Candide, Chorus
Chorus: Alleluia – Pilgrims
Scene 4: Buenos Aires
Serenade: My Love – Governor of Buenos Aires, Cunegonde, Old Lady (Lyrics by Latouche and Wilbur)
Tango: I Am Easily Assimilated – Old Lady, Chorus, Cunegonde (Lyrics by Bernstein)
Quartet: Finale Act I – Candide, Cunegonde, Governor of Buenos Aires, Old Lady
Act II
Entr'acte – Orchestra
Scene 1: Buenos Aires
Trio: Quiet – Old Lady, Governor of Buenos Aires, Cunegonde
Ballad: Eldorado – Candide, Chorus (Lyrics by Lillian Hellman)
Schottische: Bon Voyage – Chorus, Governor of Buenos Aires
Scene 2: Venice
Ensemble: Money, Money, Money (Venice Gambling Scene) – Croupier and Gamblers
Waltz: What's the Use? – Madame Sofronia, Ferone, Prefect of Police, Prince Ivan, Chorus
Gavotte: The Venice Gavotte – Madame Sofronia, Candide, Dr. Pangloss, Cunegonde (Lyrics by Dorothy Parker)
Scene 3: Westphalia
Finale: Make Our Garden Grow – Candide, Cunegonde, Company