baldini was the name of candide's love interest in cunadonna.
baldini was the name of candide's love interest in cunadonna.
the name of candide's love interest in cunadonna?
baldini
another element of the satire focuses on what william f. bottiglia, author of many published works on "candide", calls the "sentimental foibles of the age" and voltaire's attack on them. flaws in european culture are highlighted as "candide" parodies adventure and romance clichés, mimicking the style of a picaresque novel. a number of archetypal characters thus have recognisable manifestations in voltaire's work: candide is supposed to be the drifting rogue of low social class, cunégonde the sex interest, pangloss the knowledgeable mentor and cacambo the skilful valet. as the plot unfolds, readers find that candide is no rogue, cunégonde becomes ugly and pangloss is a stubborn fool. the characters of "candide" are unrealistic, two-dimensional, mechanical, and even marionette-like; they are simplistic and stereotypical. as the initially naïve protagonist eventually comes to a mature conclusion—however noncommittal—the novella is a "bildungsroman", if not a very serious one.
candide
the operetta begins with an overture. the chorus welcomes everyone to westphalia ("westphalia chorale") and voltaire begins to narrate his story. candide, the illegitimate nephew of baron thunder-ten-tronck, lives in the baron's castle schloss thunder-ten-tronck. he is snubbed by the baroness and bullied by her son maximilian. paquette, a very accommodating serving girl, also lives in the castle. however, candide is in love with cunegonde, the baroness' daughter as maximilian, candide, cunegonde and paquette find their happiness in life ("life is happiness indeed"). the four discover that dr. pangloss, a man thought to be the world's greatest philosopher, has taught them happiness ("the best of all possible worlds"). the philosopher asks his four students to summarize what they have learned ("universal good"). when cunegonde spies dr. pangloss being physically intimate with paquette, he explains it away as being a "physical experiment", and she decides to share the "experiment" with candide. professing their love to each other at a park, candide and cunegonde dream of what married life would look like ("oh, happy we"). the baron, however, is angered at what candide has done to cunegonde, as he is a social inferior. candide is promptly exiled, wandering alone with his faith and optimism to cling to ("it must be so"). he is then shanghaied by and into the bulgar army, which plots to "liberate" all of westphalia. his escape attempt fails, and is recaptured by the army. the bulgar army attacks schloss thunder-ten-tronck and in the castle the baron's family prays as the chorus joins in ("westphalia"). however, the baron, the baroness, maximilian, paquette, pangloss and (after being repeatedly ravished by the bulgar army) cunegonde are all killed in the attack ("battle music"). candide returns to the castle's ruins and searches for cunegonde ("candide's lament").
candide (operetta)