Les Misérables: The Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Les Misérables". Stage Agent. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011 . Retrieved 9 March 2011. In "Turning", the women of Paris mourn the loss of the students and their own hopeless cycles of childbirth and misery. It is set to the melody of "Lovely Ladies". It is also the only song in the musical not sung by a major character. Prisoner 24601. After being released from imprisonment for serving nineteen years (five for stealing a loaf of bread and fourteen for multiple escape attempts), he breaks parole and, after receiving mercy from Bishop Myriel, turns his life around to live for God, showing the effects of God's grace that bring a corrupt man into virtuous and selfless living. He changes his identity, becoming the wealthy mayor of a small town. He later adopts Cosette, the only daughter of Fantine. [14]

So, join us on a journey across the decades, from a desperate convict redeemed by the kindness of a bishop, through to a broken dream, unrequited love, an unrelenting manhunt, criminal scams, and a battle for the soul of a nation. At the end of the day, we’ll have covered every key moment of this musical masterpiece.Original French Version– This song is known as Épilogue: la lumière (Epilogue: The Light). Fantine and Eponine do not appear, as the song ends alternatively with Valjean imploring Cosette and Marius to love and cherish each other, before he peacefully passes away.

In September 2008, a mini-tour produced by Atlanta's Theater of the Stars played Eisenhower Hall at the United States Military Academy, [127] [ failed verification] in West Point, New York; the Filene Center at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia; Kansas City Starlight Theatre; and the Fox Theater in Atlanta. The show featured a new set of original pictures painted by Victor Hugo himself. Robert Evan played Valjean, returning to the role he played in the mid-nineties on Broadway. Also featured were Nikki Rene Daniels as Fantine and Robert Hunt as Javert, both reprising their roles from the Broadway revival. Fred Hanson directed the production. The creative team included Matt Kinley as Scenic Designer, Ken Billington as Lighting Designer, Peter Fitzgerald and Erich Bechtel as Sound Designers, Zachary Borovay as Projection Designer, and Dan Riddle as musical director and Conductor. [128] The song was notably absent in the 2012 film adaptation, which instead contained a shorter chase-action sequence, scored primarily to "Look Down", in its place. The omission of the song allows Thénardier's character in the film to remain somewhat comical, though he is still shown in the sewers robbing dead bodies.

“Master of the House”

In the film The Commitments (1991), one of the auditionees for the titular band sings "I Dreamed a Dream" as her audition song. Other covers include Neil Diamond (from his 1987 live album Hot August Night II) and Aretha Franklin (from her 1991 album What You See Is What You Sweat). [1] Franklin also performed this song for U.S. President Bill Clinton on the evening of the day that he was inaugurated. [2] Where is Thenardier in all of this? Looting corpses, of course. One of those is Marius – but thankfully, he’s not quite dead, and Valjean has the chance to save him. After escaping Javert, who breaks with tradition by standing aside. “Javert’s Suicide” Behr, Edward (1993). The Complete Book of Les Miserables. Arcade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55970-156-3. From 10 August to 2 December 2019, the musical was performed as a staged concert version at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End during the refurbishment of the adjacent Sondheim Theatre, where the original London production had been running and would be home to the new production from December 2019 onwards.