“Italy had its renaissance, Germany its reformation, France had Voltaire”, the historian Will Durant once commented. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694-1778) was known in his lifetime as the ...
In Voltaire’s “Candide,” the main character Candide travels through the world in the pursuit of reuniting with his one true love, the beautiful Cunégonde. Throughout his journey, Candide visits Lisbon ...
Few shows so eloquently straddle the boundary between musical and operetta as “Candide,” Leonard Bernstein’s famed adaptation of Voltaire’s novel. This enigmatic work of theatre was first presented on ...