Les Miserables Musical Lyrics
Les Miserables Lyrics
- Act 1
- Prologue: Work Song
- Prologue: Valijean Arrested/Valijean Forgiven
- Prologue: What Have I Done?
- At The End Of The Day
- I Dreamed A Dream
- Lovely Ladies
- Who Am I?
- Fantine's Death: Come To Me
- Confrontation
- Castle On A Cloud
- Master Of The House
- Thenardier Waltz
- Look Down
- Stars
- Red & Black
- Do You Hear The People Sing?
- Act 2
- In My Life
- A Heart Full of Love
- Plumet Attack
- One Day More!
- Building The Barricade
- On My Own
- At The Barricade
- Javert At The Barricade
- A Little Fall Of Rain
- Drink With Me
- Bring Him Home
- Dog Eat Dog
- Javert's Suicide
- Turning
- Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
- Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast
- Finale
Les Miserables musical description
The album with this material was written down in 1980. The following singers took part in it: M. Barrier, J. Mercier, R. Laurens, Y. Dautin, M. Roussel, R. Dewitte, F. Guyon, M. Dufour, M. Sardou, F. Bernard & others. The scenic version was made in Paris in 1980. R. Hossein was a director. For 100 performances the show was attended by more than 500 thousand people. The most part of actors remained invariable after recording of the album.
Authors of English libretto, H. Kretzmer & J. Fenton, have considerably overworked and increased the libretto. They have departed from a literal translation of the French original. Authors have added the prologue telling Jean Valjean's background. The original English version was shown five years later after French premiere. It took place in London. The show was conducted with musical management of J. Cameron, who took part in creation of orchestrations for French a concept album. Roles were played by C. Wilkinson, R. Allam, K. Caswell, P. LuPone, Z. Hart, J. O'Mahony, D. Akers, G. Brander & J. Caton.
On January 5 2010, there was 10.000’s performance. The premiere on the Broadway opened on March 12, 1987. The audience has booked tickets for the amount exceeding 4 million dollars in advance. The performance has undergone some changes. Lighting effects of a scene of Javert's suicide were improved. The show closed in 2008 and returned in 2014.
Release date: 1987
Last Update:April, 21st 2016