Word: maximilion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Based on Voltaire's eponymous novel, Candide follows the loss of innocence of four young characters, who hail from the German town of Westphalia. This quarter features the tantalizing servant girl Paquette (Leslie Blumenthal), and Candide (Mark Meredith), the poor bastard cousin of both the narcissistic Maximilion (David Chase) and of the beautiful Cunegonde (Nan Hughes). All four are under the tutelage of the wise, omnipresent, and somewhat jaded Pangloss played superbly by Jon Tolin Pangloss also serves as the show's magnificent narrator--Voltaire in a similar vein to Salieri's narration in the stage production of Amadeus. From...
OTHER roles deserving note are Blumenthal's saucy Paquette and Chase's delightfully egotistical--and yet, by the end, humbled-Maximilion. Shining out from the rest, however, is Hughes Cunegonde. In her last prominent Harvard production, Hughes displays her talent as perhaps the best undergraduate soprano in recent years. She brings to Cunegonde a spectacular verve and vibrancy most noticably her awe-inspiring solo, "Glitter and be Gay." Here, she mixes her characters sorrow and desolation at being separated from Candide and at being a where with her absolute glee with the baubles and jewels given her. Her vocal strength...
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