Les Miśerables - The Dream Cast in Concert | |
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Directed by | Gavin Taylor |
Produced by | Cameron Mackintosh |
Written by |
Alain Boublil Herbert Kretzmer Claude-Michel Schönberg |
Starring |
Colm Wilkinson Philip Quast Alun Armstrong Jenny Galloway Judy Kuhn Michael Ball Lea Salonga Ruthie Henshall Anthony Crivello Michael McCarthy |
Music by | Claude-Michel Schönberg |
Edited by | Nigel Cattle |
Distributed by |
Sony Pictures (US/CAN) BBC Video (UK) (current US/CAN distributor) |
Release date
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17 November 1998 |
Running time
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148 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert (1995), also titled Les Misérables in Concert, is a concert version of the musical Les Misérables, produced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the West End production. It was filmed in October 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall and released on DVD, VHS and LD in 1998 and re-released on DVD in North America in 2008. The latest DVD presents the concert in its original 16x9 ratio. Although filmed with HD cameras, a Blu-ray edition has not been released yet. The 10th Anniversary cast 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, Michael Maguire as Enjolras, Alun Armstrong as Thénardier, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thénardier, Adam Searles as Gavroche, Hannah Chick as Young Cosette, and several others, and was directed by John Caird. The performers were chosen from the London, Broadway and Australian productions of the show and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell. It also aired on PBS part of the Great Performances series.