Candide (Royal National Theatre Version for full orchestra)
(1999)Comic operetta in two acts
Music Text
Book by Hugh Wheeler after Voltaire, in a new version by John Caird. Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John La Touche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein (E).
Scoring
2(II=picc).1(=corA).2(I=Ebcl,ssax ad lib).1-2.2.2.1-timp.perc(2):SD/
TD/BD/tamb/bongos/maracas/hand drs/tgl/susp.cym/cyms/tam-t/cast/
wdbls/gourd/xyl/glsp/vib/chimes-harp-strings
[NB.the Royal National Theatre Version for small pit orchestra (1999) is licensed by Music Theater International]
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes, Sole Agent
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
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