Notre Dame de Paris (musical)
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Notre Dame de Paris is a French-Canadian musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre Dame de Paris by the French novelist Victor Hugo. The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante (also known as Richard Cocciante) and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon.
Since its debut, it has played throughout France, South Korea, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. A shorter version in English was performed in 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) and a full-length London production, also in English, ran for a seventeen months. The show has also been translated into Italian, Korean, Russian, Catalan, German, Czech, Spanish and Belarusian. It has also been translated independently into (but never performed in) Swedish and Armenian.
“Notre Dame de Paris”, according to the Guinness Book of Records, had the most successful first year of any musical ever. The score has been recorded at least seven times to date (2007): the original French concept album, which featured Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (aka Noa) as Esmeralda was followed by a live, complete recording of the original Paris cast. A complete recording of the score in Italian was made, along with a single disc of excerpts in Spanish from the Madrid production. The original London cast album featured several of the original Paris stars, but only preserved a fraction of the score in English. The orchestral group I Fiamminghi recorded a CD of melodies from the score. A complete set of instrumental backing tracks has also been released.
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[edit] Casts
[edit] Original Paris Cast
- Noa then Hélène Ségara : Esmeralda
- Daniel Lavoie : Frollo
- Bruno Pelletier : Gringoire
- Garou : Quasimodo
- Patrick Fiori : Phœbus
- Luck Mervil : Clopin
- Julie Zenatti : Fleur-de-Lys
[edit] Original Italian Cast
- Lola Ponce and Rosalia Misseri : Esmeralda
- Vittorio Matteucci and Fabrizio Voghera : Frollo
- Matteo Setti and Heron Borelli: Gringoire
- Giò Di Tonno and Fabrizio Voghera: Quasimodo
- Graziono Galatone and Heron Borelli: Phœbus
- Marco Guerzoni and Cristian Mini: Clopin
- Claudia d'Ottavi and Chiara Di Bari: Fleur-de-Lys
[edit] Original American Cast
- Janien Masse : Esméralda
- Doug Storm : Quasimodo
- Francis Ruivivar : Frollo
- Deven May : Gringoire
- Mark W Smith : Phœbus
- David Jennings : Clopin
- Jessica Grové : Fleur-de-Lys
[edit] Original Canadian Cast
- France D'Amour : Esméralda
- Matt Laurent : Quasimodo
- Jérome Collet : Frollo
- Jean-François Breau : Gringoire
- Richard Charest : Phœbus
- Roddy Julienne : Clopin
- Marie-Eve Janvier : Fleur-de-Lys
[edit] Original London Cast
- Tina Arena : Esméralda
- Garou : Quasimodo
- Daniel Lavoie : Frollo
- Bruno Pelletier : Gringoire
- Steve Balsamo : Phœbus
- Luck Mervil : Clopin
- Natasha St-Pier : Fleur-de-Lys
[edit] Original Russian Cast
- Svetlana Svetikova : Esméralda
- Vyacheslav Petkun : Quasimodo
- Alexander Marakulin : Frollo
- Alexander Postolenko : Gringoire
- Anton Makarsky : Phœbus
- Sergey Lee : Clopin
- Ekaterina Maslovskaya : Fleur-de-Lys
[edit] Original Korean Cast
- Choi Sung-hee(Bada), Oh Jin-yeong, Mun Hye-won : Esméralda
- Yun Hyeong-ryeol, Kim Beop-rae : Quasimodo
- Seo Beom-seok, Ryu Chang-woo : Frollo
- Kim Tae-hun, Park Eun-tae : Gringoire
- Kim Sung-min, Kim Tae-hyeong : Phœbus
- Lee Jeong-yeol, Mun Jong-won : Clopin
- Kim Jeong-hyeon, Gwak Sun-young : [[Fleur-de-Lys]
[edit] Musical Numbers
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ORIGINAL FRENCH VERSION Acte 1Ouverture Acte 2 Florence |
LONDON VERSION Act 1Overture Act 2 Florence |
ITALIAN VERSION Atto PrimoOverture Atto Secondo Parlami di Firenze |
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RUSSIAN VERSION Act 1Overture Act 2 Всему Придёт Свой Час [edit] Production HistoryThe original production of Notre Dame de Paris made musicals fashionable again in France and, since its inception, has spawned a number of other notable productions. As part of the publicity prior to the Paris opening three songs were released as singles: Vivre, Le Temps des cathédrales, and Belle. "Belle" became a huge hit, and was named Song of the Year in France, and nominated for Song of the Century. An English version of "Vivre" (Live for the One I Love) was released by Celine Dion, and appears on the original London cast recording, even though she didn't participate in the musical. Director Gilles Maheu staged the show in concert style, with the principal singers standing downstage center, with non-singing dancers upstage providing visual, but not dramatic, excitement. The orchestra and chorus were prerecorded; the principals wore very obvious boom mics. [edit] RecordingsCast Albums Video Recordings [edit] Critical ResponseCritical reception outside of France has been mixed, with praise for the music and choreography, and general disdain for the English translation of the lyrics and the show's overall direction. For example, The Times praised the "doleful energy" of Garou's Quasimodo and the "occasional imaginative production touches: huge bells with writhing, upside-down humans for clappers" but concludes "Another Les Mis this isn't." The Daily Mail called it "concert with dance, lighting effects and a lot of French singers throwing their hair around in a collective display of gravelly-voiced pique."[citation needed]
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