Candide

Operetta

Writers: Hugh Wheeler Leonard Bernstein Richard Wilbur

Songs

Act 1

  • Overture
  • Life is Happiness Indeed – Candide, Baron, Baroness, Cunegonde, Paquette, Maximilian
  • The Best of All Possible Worlds - Pangloss, Cunegonde, Candide, Paquette, Maximilian
  • Oh, Happy We - Candide and Cunegonde
  • It Must Be So – Candide
  • O Miserere – Cunegonde, Chorus
  • Oh, Happy We – Reprise – Candide and Cunegonde
  • Glitter and be Gay – Cunegonde
  • Auto Da Fé – Chorus
  • This World - Candide
  • You Were Dead, You Know - Candide and Cunegonde
  • I Am Easily Assimilated - Old Lady, Chorus, Cunegonde
  • I Am Easily Assimilated (Reprise) - Old Lady, Candide, Cunegonde
  • My Love - Governor of Buenos Aires
  • Eldorado Candide, Chorus
  • Bon Voyage - Chorus, Governor of Cartagena
  • You Were Dead, You Know – Reprise – Candide and Cunegonde
  • Finale: Make Our Garden Grow - Candide, Cunegonde, Company

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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