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Candide (operetta) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (714 words) |
 | Candide (1956) is a comic operetta by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. |
| Candide is most famous for its colorful and varied score, many parts of which are very well known, especially in musical circles. |
| Candide is most famous for its popular overture which is often performed alone as a concert piece. |
| Candide: The Musical (1238 words) |
| Candide is thrilled to find his former lover alive, but the reunion is cut short by the arrival of the Jew who has come to pay his mistress a visit. |
| He is enfuriated to find Candide in the apartment and draws his sword, fully intending to slice the young man to pieces, but in his pursuit, he drops his sword, and when Candide helpfully picks it up, the Jew rushes upon it, accidentally impaling himself. |
| Making their escape, Candide and Cunegonde, along with the Old Lady, board a vessel heading for the New World, but, as luck would have it, the vessel is attacked by pirates, and Cunegonde, along with the Old Lady, is carried off for another round of ravishment. |
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