Candide (Zambello production version)
Classification added September 16, 2026Premiered 1 December 1956
Martin Beck Theater, New York City
Composer:
Leonard Bernstein
Original Language:
English
Librettist:
Richard Wilbur and Hugh Wheeler
Description:
Opera in 2 Acts
Notes:
adapted from Voltaire’s satire
This classification is of the Francesca Zambello version
Glimmerglass Festival version 2015
Based on the 1999 version by John Caird
Revised 1/5/2017
Time Period:
not specified
Place:
Westphalia, other places in the Old World, places in the New World
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Cunegonde | Soprano | L |
| Candide | Tenor | L |
| Voltaire/Dr. Pangloss | Baritone | L |
| Old Lady | Mezzo Soprano | F |
| Governor/ Grand Inquisitor | Tenor | F* |
| Maximilian/Father | Baritone | F* |
| James/Martin | Baritone | F* |
| Baroness/ Vanderdender | Mezzo Soprano | S* |
| Paquette | Mezzo Soprano | S* |
| Cacambo/Señores | Tenor | S* |
| Sheep | Mezzo Soprano | B ** |
| Queen of El Dorado | Soprano | B ** |
| King of El Dorado / Don Issachar | Tenor | B ** |
| Captain / Agent / Señores | Baritone | B ** |
| Baron/Agent | Baritone | B ** |
| Corporal | Mezzo Soprano | B ** |
| Six Person Principal Ensemble | B ** |
Minimum Chorus: 24
Divisi: SATB
Chorus Notes:
(12, marked as ** above,
singing a role plus all Chorus music;
and 12 singing Chorus only)
* Roles, whether alone, or in combination, marked as * may also sing chorus music in the scenes that each role appears in and select other scenes