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Candide was originally conceived by Lillian Hellman as a play with incidental music in the style of her previous work, The Lark.Bernstein, however, was so excited about this idea that he convinced Hellman to do it as a "comic operetta"; she then wrote the original libretto for the operetta.
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (/ k ɒ n ˈ d iː d / kon-DEED, [5] French: ⓘ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, [6] first published in 1759. . The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947)
The claim that we live in the best of all possible worlds drew scorn most notably from Voltaire, who lampooned it in his comic novella Candide by having the character Dr. Pangloss (a parody of Leibniz and Maupertuis) repeat it like a mantra when great catastrophes keep happening to him and the titular protagonist.
Cunégonde is a fictional character in Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide. She is the title character's aristocratic cousin and love interest. At the beginning of the story, the protagonist Candide is chased away from his uncle's home after he is caught kissing and fondling Cunégonde. Shortly afterwards, Cunégonde's family is attacked by a band of ...
Candide Suite (by Leonard Bernstein) A Copland Portrait (works by Aaron Copland) Divertimento (by Leonard Bernstein) A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21b (by Gustav Holst) Overture to Candide (by Leonard Bernstein) Slava! (by Leonard Bernstein) Orchestrations for musicals. Drat! The Cat!, 1965; Show Girl, additional orchestrations for the 1961 revival
A major shakeup is coming to The View!. The long-running daytime talk show announced it would add a 30-minute weekend slot to its coverage called The Weekend View starting Saturday, Jan. 11 ...
Is there any food more closely associated with American food culture than the hamburger? Even though the ubiquitous sandwich ironically started with chopped steaks from Hamburg, Germany — which ...
Candide Sampson (voiced by Christa Miller) is Principal Scudworth's strict, cold-hearted superior in season 2. She was put in charge of him by the new Secret Board of Shadowy Figures. She was put in charge of him by the new Secret Board of Shadowy Figures.