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Description / My Opinion
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CD Now - Ordered 09.01.2000 - Shipped 09.08.2000 - Received 09.28.2000 Additional lyrics by John Latouche and Dorothy Parker. Producers: Ethel Linder Reiner in association with Lester Osterman,Jr., Staged by Tyrone Guthrie, Production Designed by Oliver Smith, Costumes Designed by Irene Sharaff, Lighting by Paul Morrison, Musical Director: Samuel Krachmalnick, Orchestrations by Leonard Bernstein and Hershy Kay, Production Associate: Thomas Hammond. Record producer: Goddard Lieberson. This recording was made on December 9, 1956. Candide opened Saturday, December 1, 1956, at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City and Closed Febuary 2, 1957 after 73 performances. The booklet contains 5 pages of text by Didier Deutsch, including a synopsis of about 2 pages. There are also 4 big B&W pictures of the cast and also of Leonard Bernstein. The English text is followed by its translation in German, French and Italian.
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Musical Numbers
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| 1 | 4:07 | Overture | Orchestra |
| 2 | 3:26 | The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Ensemble | Max Adrian, Chorus, Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville |
| 3 | 1:51 | Oh, Happy We
Duet | Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook |
| 4 | 1:52 | It Must Be So
Song | Robert Rounseville |
| 5 | 1:38 | Paris Waltz Scene | Orchestra |
| 6 | 5:44 | Glitter And Be Gay
Aria | Barbara Cook |
| 7 | 2:30 | You Were Dead, You Know
Duet | Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook |
| 8 | 2:30 | My Love
Serenade | William Olvis, Barbara Cook, Irra Petina |
| 9 | 3:33 | I Am Easily Assimilated
Tango | Irra Petina, Chorus, Barbara Cook |
| 10 | 2:46 | Quartet Finale | Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Irra Petina |
| 11 | 3:49 | Quiet
Trio | Irra Petina, William Olvis, Barbara Cook |
| 12 | 3:14 | Eldorado
Ballad | Robert Rounseville, Chorus |
| 13 | 2:36 | Bon Voyage
Schottische | Chorus, William Olvis |
| 14 | 3:41 | What's The Use?
Waltz | Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian, Chorus |
| 15 | 3:58 | Gavotte | Irra Petina, Robert Rounseville, Max Adrian, Barbara Cook |
| 16 | 4:21 | Make Our Garden Grow (Finale) | Entire Company |
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The Cast
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| | Dr. Pangloss | Max Adrian | | | Cunegonde | Barbara Cook | | | Candide | Robert Rounseville | | | Baron | Robert Mesrobian | | | Maximillian | Louis Edmond | | | King Of Hesse | Conrad Bain | | | Hesse's General | Norman Roland | | | Man | Boris Aplon | | | Woman | Doris Okerson | | | Dutch Lady | Margaret Roy | | | Dutch Man | Tony Drake | | | Atheist | Robert Rue | | | Arab Conjuror | Robert Barry | | | Infant Casmira | Maria Novotna | | | Lawyer | William Chapman | | | Very, Very Old Inquisitor | Conrad Bain | | | Very Old Inquisitor | Charles Aschmann | | | Junkman | Robert Cosden | | | Wine-Seller | Stanley Grover | | | Bear | Charles Morrell | | | Bear Man | Robert Rue | | | Alchemist | Charles Aschmann | | | Grocery Lady | Margaret Roy | | | Beggars | Margaret Roy | | | | Robert Cosden | | | | Thomas Pyle | | | French Lady | Maud Scheerer | | | Old Lady | Irra Petina | | | Marquis Milton | Boris Aplon | | | Sultan Milton | Joseph Bernard | | | Pilgrim Father | Robert Rue | | | Pilgrim Mother | Dorothy Krebill | | | Captain | Conrad Bain | | | Martin | Max Adrian | | | Governor Of Buenos Aires | William Olvis | | | Officers | George Blackwell | | | | Tony Drake | | | | Thomas Pyle | | | Ferone | William Chapman | | | Madame Sofronia | Irra Petina | | | Duchess | Maud Scheerer | | | Prefect Of Police | Norman Roland | | | Prince Ivan | Robert Mesrobian | | | Scrub Lady | Barbara Cook | | | Duke Of Naples | Charles Aschmann | | | Croupier | Robert Barry | | | Lady Cutely | Dori Davis | | | Lady Toothly | George Blackwell | | | Lady Soothly | Fred Jones | | | Lady Richmond | Thomas Pyle | | | Singers | Peggyann Alderman | | | | Charles Aschmann | | | | Robert Barry | | | | George Blackwell | | | | Dori Davis | | | | Jack DeLon | | | | Tony Drake | | | | Naomi Farr | | | | Stanley Grover | | | | Fred Jones | | | | Mollie Knight | | | | Dorothy Krebill | | | | Vivian Laurence | | | | Henry Lawrence | | | | Robert Mesrobian | | | | Lois Monroe | | | | Doris Okerson | | | | Thomas Pyle | | | | Margaret Roy | | | | Robert Rue | | | | Mara Shorr | | | | Dorothy White | | | Dancers | Alvin Beam | | | | Charles Czarny | | | | Marvin Gordon | | | | Carmen Gutierrez | | | | Charles Morrell | | | | Frances Noble | | | | Liane Plane | | | | Gloria Stevens |
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