#boublil and schönberg

[oh-great-authoress]

Nadia Sings no. 4

Link to last week’s song

Today we have a modern musical theater classic: “On My Own” from the musical Les Miserables (music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo)

Life is apparently tiring when you’re catching up on two week’s worth of housework from when your parents were in the hospital, but I managed to figure out this week’s Nadia Sings.

(My dad thanks you all for your thoughts and prayers, he’s now been home for a week after receiving his lifesaving laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. He’s feeling almost completely normal, and is doing light work around the house.)

This song is one of my favorites, especially having grown up idolizing my fellow Filipino, Lea Salonga.

#pinoy pride

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I dare say I like it even more than “I Dreamed a Dream”.

And for those who know, before you say, “Wait a minute, it sounds weird,” I am not singing it in original key, because (and not to sound like such a soprano, I’m just really being honest here) the original key is too low for me.

Like, you-cannot-hear-the-low-notes low.

I tell you, it was such a strange experience hearing the introduction that high.

Once again, using my trusty recording studio (*cough*mydiningroom*cough*), and my favorite recording app, BandLab (not an advertisement, you guys know the drill 🤣), I put this together, and, as usual, while I put a little reverb effect on the backing track I used, as well as on my vocal track, this is otherwise as unadulterated a track as the one I posted last week, just my voice, with no pitch correction, recorded into my iPhone.

I hope you enjoy!!

(Headphones recommended to hear the reverb)

Tagging the same people I tagged last week, as well as those who enjoyed last week’s offering:

@welsharcher

@valmare

@batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey

@justhereforfandomandfriends

@musewrangler

@oh-nostalgiia

@sakar-rad

@radical-sky

@randomfoggytiger

@agentfaust

@two-microscopes

@canmking

If you would like to be taken off the taglist, just send me a message, no hard feelings, and if you’d like to be added to the taglist, just interact with/reblog this post or send me an ask!

[doyouknowthismusical]

[comediesmusicales]

Teaser for the 2024 French revival production of La Révolution Française

It was a looooong time coming but it's FINALLY going to happen. A new French production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's first musical La Révolution Française will take place in Paris from January 31st to February 25th 2024 in an unusual but rather appropriate place : le réfectoire des Cordeliers, the place where the members of the Society of the friends of the rights of man and of the citizen, founded by Georges Danton in 1790 used to meet (before the municipality of Paris kicked them out in May 1791).

Also known as the Club des Cordeliers, the society also counted Camille Desmoulins, Jean-Paul Marat or Jacques-René Hébert among its members. This new production of La Révolution Française will be in concert format and will be directed by Marie Zamora.

[trendynewsnow]

The Global Impact and French Struggle of Les Misérables

The Global Phenomenon of Les Misérables Across the globe, Les Misérables stands as the most renowned French musical, captivating over one hundred and thirty million viewers who have witnessed the epic clash between Jean Valjean and Javert. This beloved production has been performed in 22 languages, with its heart-wrenching characters rallying in protest on the stages of London’s West End since…

[ulrichgebert]

Dann haben wir uns doch mal an Miss Saigon gewagt, das ich auch immer etwas misstrauisch beäugt habe, obwohl es für die eigentlich total begrüßenswerte Erfindung von Jonathan Pryce als Musicalstar verantwortlich war. In der Aufzeichnung der 25-Jahre-Jubiläumsaufführung, die nun auch schon wieder 9 Jahre her ist.  Misstrauisch beäugt habe ich es, weil es von den Leuten ist, die auch Les misérables geschrieben habe, und weil ich Madama Butterfly auch immer misstrauisch beäuge. Es ist dann auch wieder ein ziemliches Spektakel mit gelegentlich etwas brachialer Musik (trotz Solosaxophon), aber man kann ihnen zumindest nicht vorwerfen, daß sie sich auf ihrem Erfolgsrezept ausgeruht hätten, und eigentlich ist es tatsächlich nicht so schrecklich, wie ich immer angenommen habe. Aber kommen Sie, ein Hubschrauber?

(x)

[protectionsquad24601]

I don't think people understand how intrinsically Jewish the Les Misérables musical is. The writers of the original French musical were Claude-Michel Schönberg (Hungarian Jew), Alain Boublil (Sephardic Jew), and directed by Robert Hossein (Moldovian Jew). Schöneberg also composed the music. It was adapted into English by Herbert Kretzmer (Lithuanian Jew).

The lyrics include many references to Jewish beliefs and values. Schöneberg said in an interview, "When I’m writing a show there is always a part that is typically Jewish."

However, the one that sticks out to me especially is a line from the Epilogue:

"They will live again in freedom,

In the garden of the Lord;

They will walk behind the ploughshare,

They will put away the sword."

The origin of the phrase - specifically, the bit about 'ploughshares' and 'swords' - can be traced back to a nevuah (prophecy) by Yeshayahu (Isaiah), a Jewish navi (prophet) from the sefer Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah). (Sorry, yes, I insist on the Hebrew words first.)

"The Torah will go forth from Tzion (Zion) and the word of Hashem from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)... They will then cut their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning knives. No nation will lift a sword against the other, and they will no longer learn warfare."

This is a quote about the 'end of days', and the idea of a peaceful paradise free from war was emulated in the song to convey a similar paradise for our barricade boys, the casualties of the June Rebellion. This is only one of the many examples of Jewish themes and references in the Les Misérables musical!

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 THEATER ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS, SINGLE CATEGORY TAGS ONLY VERSION (2009-2022)

If you want to see the Theater bar chart with the multi-category fandoms included, please check this post.

To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the Theater Category on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, manually filtered for fandoms belonging in only one category, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

The high-ranking Les Miserables tags (Les Misérables - All Media Types & Les Misérables - Schönberg/Boublil) are both in multiple categories (Books & Literature & Theater) so it has been excluded in this bar chart. You can see it multicategory version.

Fandom tags that are no longer in the Theater category tag as of posting this are left out of the bar chart race. These tags are usually either miscategorized or already have other tags referring to the same fandom.

Please refer to this post for more fanfiction bar chart races.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[sillylotrpolls]

There is, of course, already a @lordoftheringsmusical, and its soundtrack is gorgeous (give your ears a treat if you haven't heard it before), and some operas too, but that's no reason not to fantasize about another adaptation. After all, you can never have enough singing and dancing orcs.

[cometomecosette]

"Authenticity" is hard to capture when adapting Les Misérables, because as @secretmellowblog, @pilferingapples, and others have pointed out, it was already a period piece when it was published, and Hugo used events of the past to address current social issues.

Hugo used the 1832 June Rebellion to comment on the 1848 Revolution and as a veiled call to arms against Napoleon III.

A century later, Boublil and Schönberg wrote the musical, and as @pilferingapples has said, they seem to have let the student protests of May 1968 (which took place in their youth) influence their view of the June Rebellion. Hence the lines in the musical that seem to paint it as a naïve endeavor by inexperienced schoolboys, which ignore the historical fact of the 1830 Revolution.

So what we see in the stage musical is 1832 through the lenses of 1848 and 1862, through the lens of 1968.

Then when the 2012 film version of the musical was released, Tom Hooper cited Occupy Wall Street as a source of inspiration. So what we get is 1832 through the lenses of 1848 and 1862, through the lens of 1968, through the lens of 2011.

Of course this just shows that the themes are always relevant. But if the real revolutionaries of 1832 were to see all of this, I'm sure they would point out some distortions in each new telling.

[dis-astre]

since it's almost barricades days and i've seen new people joining our fandom, i would like to list u all some very nice adaptations i really like that u can watch (and that are better alternatives than the bbc adaptation) (and i included links!!!!!):

what to watch ?

- i feel like this is a classic, but the 2012 movie adaptation by tom hopper, obviously. while it's not the best adaptation, it is still really good (also i feel like it made a lot of us join the fandom in the first place)

- also pretty obvious but the west end musical by claude-michel schönberg and alain boublil (i'm pretty sure u can find decent bootleg on yt) + honorable mention for the 25th anniversary concert but i feel like u need to know a bit about the musical before seeing the concert

- a personal favourite, the 1982 french movie by robert hossein, it is three hours long tho, but it's worth it; the adaptation is really good, especially the portrayal of Les Amis (here's the yt link to the whole movie)

- shojo Cosette is also pretty decent, tho i've only watched the episodes with Les Amis (the barricades are heartbreaking just like we love)

- it's really obscure but the silent short film l'enfant sur la barricade (the child on the barricade) by Alice Guy. the sources diverge from whether it's an adaptation of les mis or an adaptation of a poem hugo wrote called "sur une barricade" and taking place during the commune of paris but the character could be inspired by gavroche

- Les Amis webserie, that u can find on yt, or here :

it's a web serie made by fans for fans and it's amazing

- All That's Left Of Us, another web serie made by and for fans. it's beautiful and absolutely heartbreaking. u can find it on youtube or here:

and on the overall anything that eli southern does about les mis is pretty amazing so i encourage u all to go check @thecandlesticksfromlesmis

(although i feel like u need to know a bit about the fandom before jumping right into the webseries)

- and obviously, The Brick, the original masterpiece that is Les Miserables by victor hugo; if u have the courage i promise that it's worth it

annnnd that's all ! at least for my favourite one, but there are a looooot of different adaptations for every taste i guess ! anyway have fun and take care of y'all during barricades days !

[lovable22]

Aaron Tveit - at the Soraya with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra

Saturday, May 11th, 2024

Northridge, CA

1. Overture

2. "Fly Me to The Moon (In Other Words)"Music & Lyrics by Bart Howard

3. "Younger Than Springtime" Music by Richard Rodgers & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein Il (South Pacific)

4. "What Kind Of Fool Am I" Music by Leslie Bricusse & Lyrics by Anthony Newley (Stop the World - I Want To Get Off)

5. "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" By Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, and Carl Sigman

6. "You Can't Tame Me" Music & Lyrics by Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!)

7. "My Doorway To Where" Music & Lyrics by Cinco Paul (Schmigadoon!)

8. "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg & Lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel; English Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misérables)

9. "Roxanne" Music & Lyrics by Sting (Moulin Rouge!)

—INTERMISSION-

10. "Mambo" Music by Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)

11. "Maria/Something’s Coming/Tonight" Medley Music by Leonard Bernstein & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (West Side Story)

12. "As Long as She Needs Me" Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart (Oliver!)

13. “Johanna" Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd)

14. "What Was I Made For?" Music & Lyrics by Billie Eilish (Barbie)

15. "Being Alive" Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Company)

Encore:

16. “Your Song” Music & Lyrics by Elton John (Movie Version)

17. "Roxanne" [YES! AGAIN!] Music & Lyrics by Sting (Moulin Rouge!)

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[doyouknowthismusical]

[comediesmusicales]

Les Misérables in Paris in 2024

A new french version of Les Misérables will be performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris from November 2024 on.

This new production will be directed by Ladislas Chollat (Résiste, Oliver Twist, le musical) and will feature new songs and new lyrics by Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schönberg themselves.

The last auditions will be broadcast live on French radio show 42nd Street, on October 15th, and some cast members will be revealed !

[feeling-and-form]

the best act 2 finales from stage musicals, broadway and european, and crossover works. reprises, medleys, and instrumentals included. no disney.

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There’s No Business Like Show Business / They Say It’s Wonderful (Reprise) - Annie, Get Your Gun (Berlin)

Ol’ Man River (Reprise) - Show Boat (Kern/Hammerstein)

You’ll Never Walk Alone (Reprise) - Carousel (Rodgers/Hammerstein)

Rose’s Turn - Gypsy! (Styne/Sondheim)

Finale - West Side Story (Bernstein/Sondheim)

Der Schleier fällt - Elisabeth (Lévay/Kunze)

Ich hab geträumt von Manderley (Reprise) - Rebecca (Lévay/Kunze)

Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer - The Phantom of the Opera (Webber/Hart)

One (Reprise) - A Chorus Line (Hamlisch/Kleban)

Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag - Chicago (Kander/Ebb)

Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Reprise) - The Sound of Music (Rodgers/Hammerstein)

Oklahoma! - Oklahoma! (Rodgers/Hammerstein)

Finale - Wicked (Schwartz)

Lawd, I’m On My Way - Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)

Finale (Medley) - Hello, Dolly! (Herman)

Epilogue - Les Misérables (Schönberg/Boublil)

John Nineteen Forty-One - Jesus Christ Superstar (Webber)

Danse mon Esméralda - Notre Dame de Paris (Cocciante/Plamondon)

Anatevka - Fiddler on the Roof (Bock/Harnick)

Coupables - Roméo et Juliette (Presgurvic)

Le monde est stone - Starmania (Berger/Plamondon)

Der Tanz der Vampire - Tanz der Vampire (Steinman/Kunze)

[theteaisaddictive]

on being awoken by love

natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812 (lyrics, music, and book by dave malloy); maurice (e. m. forster); killing eve; jane eyre (dir. cary fukunaga); les miserables (lyrics by claude-michel schönberg and alain boublil, trans. herbert kretzmer)