Les Miserables - 10th Anniversary concert torrent

Video Codec..........: DivX 5.x/6.x
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Duration.............: 2:27:54
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English Subtitles

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113637/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables:_The_Dream_Cast_in_Concert

http://bayimg.com/aAkPCaaco

A version or two of this is already torrented, but nobody had bothered to present a full quality AVI version with subtitles.

I also plan to up the full NTSC DVD5 version after this is seeded.



Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert a.k.a. Les Misérables in Concert is a concert version of the musical Les Misérables, produced to celebrate its 10th anniversary. It was filmed in October 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall and released on DVD and VHS in 1998 and re-released on DVD in North America in 2008. It stars Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean, Philip Quast as Inspector Javert, Michael Ball as Marius Pontmercy, Lea Salonga as Éponine, Judy Kuhn as Cosette, Ruthie Henshall as Fantine, and several others, and was directed by John Caird. The performers were chosen from London, Broadway and Australian productions of the show.

Production

This presentation uses a "modernised" and more orchestrated Alain Boublil–Claude-Michel Schönberg score than that of the musical. The format is closer to that of a dramatic cantata rather than being fully staged; the singers stand at their microphones with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus behind them, but they do wear costumes and participate in some movement. During the action scenes, the video switches to action from the stage production. A few scenes from the musical are not included in the concert, including the street brawl broken up by Javert, "The Death ofGavroche" and the confrontation between Marius and Thénardier at the wedding feast.

The second encore

The programme ends with an encore in which seventeen actors who portray Jean Valjean in seventeen different nations join Wilkinson on stage to each sing a few bars of "Do You Hear the People Sing?" in their native languages. They are then joined by the entire cast and choir to sing the last verse of "One Day More!", receiving applause and a standing ovation. Balloons and confetti fall from the ceiling and sparklers erupt on stage as the show finishes.

Cast

Main performers

Colm Wilkinson Jean Valjean Original London/Broadway cast
Philip Quast Javert Original Australian cast
Ruthie Henshall Fantine Replacement London cast
Jenny Galloway Madame Thénardier Replacement London cast
Alun Armstrong Thénardier Original London cast
Lea Salonga Éponine Replacement Broadway Cast
Michael Ball Marius Original London cast
Michael Maguire Enjolras Original Broadway cast
Judy Kuhn Cosette Original Broadway cast
Anthony Crivello Grantaire Original Broadway cast
Adam Searles Gavroche
Hannah Chick Young Cosette
Paul Monaghan Bishop of Digne


The seventeen Valjeans

The following are the seventeen Valjeans who participated in the second encore:

Country Actor

U.K Phil Cavill
France Robert Marien
Germany Jerzy Jeske
Japan Takeshi Kaga
Hungary Vikidál Gyula
Sweden Tommy Körberg
Poland Krzysztof Stasierowski
Netherlands Henk Poort
Canada Michael Burgess
Austria Reinhard Brussman
Australia Rob Guest
Norway Øystein Wiik
Czech Rep. Jan Ježek
Denmark Kurt Ravn
Ireland Jeff Leyton
Iceland Egill Ólafsson
United States Craig Schulman