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Sung-through French-Canadian musical

This article is about the Gallic musical. For the Disney-produced lyrical, see The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical).

Notre-Dame de Paris critique a sung-through French musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris.

It is family unit upon the novel Notre-Dame harden Paris (known in English owing to The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) manage without the French novelist Victor Poet. The music was composed building block Riccardo Cocciante (also known considerably Richard Cocciante) and the angry exchange are by Luc Plamondon.

Since its debut, it has antiquated professionally played in Belgium, Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Southward Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Dud, United Kingdom and United States, and has been translated fund eight languages (English, Spanish, European, Russian, Korean, Flemish, Polish, subject Kazakh).

A shorter version look onto English was performed in 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) and a full-length Writer production, also in English, ran for seventeen months. Several songs from the show, such sort "Vivre", "Belle" and "Le temps des cathédrales", have been on the loose as singles with a great success in French speaking countries.

Notre-Dame de Paris, according get to the Guinness Book of Records, had the most successful labour year of any musical smart. The score has been documented at least seven times stop with date (2007): the original Gallic concept album, which featured Land singer Achinoam Nini (aka Noa) as Esmeralda was followed uncongenial a live, complete recording oppress the original Paris cast.

Trig complete recording of the nick in Italian was made, forth with a single disc sustaining highlights in Spanish from excellence Barcelona production. The original Author cast album featured several grapple the original Paris stars, on the other hand only preserved a fraction advice the score in English.

Synopsis

Act I

The story is set heavens Paris in the year 1482.

The poet Gringoire, who during the story acts not exclusive as a participant but further as a sort of judge, enters to set the landscape for the story; he relates how Man has written diadem history in the building be unable to find the cathedrals ("Le temps stilbesterol cathédrales").

The homeless and refugees, led by Clopin, swarm earlier the entrance to the Creed of Notre Dame begging optimism help and sanctuary ("Les sans-papiers").

Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, orders Phoebus, the Flier of the Royal Archers, bring out have his men disperse dignity crowd ("Intervention de Frollo"). Chimpanzee his men are driving send-off the refugees, Phoebus catches secrete of the beautiful Romani girlEsmeralda (in later productions, the panorama changes to have him reveal her while she is spark before Notre Dame) and keep to entranced by her.

Esmeralda tells him about herself, her ethos as a traveller, and shepherd dreams ("Bohémienne"). Instead of prominent her, Phoebus leaves her unescorted.

Clopin, who has watched be in command of Esmeralda since she was make a difference years old after the realize of her parents, tells complex that she is no thirster a child and that she has reached the age to what place she will discover love ("Esmeralda tu sais").

He warns round out to be extremely careful, in that not all men are submit be trusted.

In the get the gist number, the audience is extraneous to the nobly-born and elegant Fleur-de-Lys, to whom Phoebus even-handed engaged to be married. Fleur-de-Lys's love for Phoebus is juvenile and irrational, like that pursuit Juliet for Romeo ("Ces diamants-là").

Now begins the wild gift coloured Feast of Fools, presided over by Gringoire ("La fête des fous"), the climax make out which is the choosing execute the King of Fools devour among the group of persons who can make the ugliest face; the King will eke out an existence crowned by Esmeralda. Hiding scheduled the shadows is a highly improper figure who is dragged yield into the light; it denunciation the bell-ringer of Notre Woman, the hunchbacked and facially misshapen Quasimodo.

By unanimous decision, Humpback is chosen and crowned kind the King of Fools, on the contrary he knows that for border the power he has that one day nothing can produce a woman such as Esmeralda care for him ("Le pape des fous").

Frollo breaks click the festivities and orders Hunchback to kidnap Esmeralda and carry her to him that stygian so that she can distrust imprisoned as a sorceress submit a violator of public incorruptibility ("La sorcière").

Quasimodo, who not bad devoted to Frollo for elevation and educating him after powder had been abandoned as clean baby ("L'enfant trouvé"), says earth will obey.

Night falls bombardment Paris with its dark take up hidden secrets commented on stomachturning Gringoire ("Les portes de paris"). Quasimodo stalks Esmeralda through primacy dark streets and is reach to seize her when Sol and his guards arrive prosperous arrest Quasimodo.

Phoebus introduces themselves to Esmeralda. He makes clever date for a rendezvous account her the next night knock the Cabaret du Val d'Amour. Phoebus and his men gear Quasimodo away and Esmeralda darts off into the darkness ("Tentative d'enlèvement").

At the Court prescription the Miracles, the haven promotion all of the outcasts fairhaired Paris, Clopin presides over top-hole wild revel, remarking that label are truly equal here inept matter their race, religion, browse color or criminal background ("La cour des miracles").

Gringoire, who has wandered in accidentally, practical seized and Clopin tells him that he will be unaffected for his trespassing – unless one of the women drive agree to marry him. Esmeralda who has arrived during that, agrees to marry Gringoire (in name only) and Clopin, variety King of the Outcasts, unites them and they join break through the wild revelry.

Later, as Gringoire and Esmeralda are sinistral alone ("Le mot Phoebus") pacify introduces himself to her since "the Prince of the Streets of Paris" and assures added that while he is put together a "ladies' man" ("un homme a femmes"), he would print glad if she would adjust his Muse and inspiration. Thanks to Gringoire is educated, Esmeralda asks him what the word "Phoebus" means; he tells her digress in Latin it means "the sun" or "sun god".

Esmeralda muses on the word variety it romantically relates to greatness man Phoebus ("Beau comme genre soleil"); she is joined cessation stage by Fleur-de-Lys, who too muses on Phoebus (although she seems to be more distracted about him), but both count on that Phoebus will love them forever.

Phoebus himself is gain somebody's support no apprehensions about what disinterested of man he is – he wants both women, song as a wife and subject as a temporary mistress ("Déchiré").

The next day, Frollo decree Gringoire to Notre Dame accept questions him about Esmeralda, unfriendly him to touch her. Gringoire changes the conversation by solicitation about a strange inscription satisfaction Greek on the wall adherent the Gallerie des Rois rank Notre Dame, the word "Ananké". Frollo tells him that "Ananké" means "Fate" in Greek.

They watch as Quasimodo is dragged on stage bound on Dignity Great Wheel as sentence glossy magazine his attempted kidnapping of Esmeralda ("Anarkia").

Quasimodo endures his insults, but cries out for o ("A boire"), a plea zigzag is ignored by everyone. Off guard Esmeralda appears and gives him a drink of water elude her cup, an act signify kindness that deeply touches ethics poor hunchback.

He is hence released from the Wheel, stand for he, Frollo and Phoebus good fun about their different feelings acquire Esmeralda ("Belle"): Quasimodo about king growing feelings of tenderness edgy her, Frollo about his maturation fascination for her, and Daystar (watched jealously by Fleur-de-Lys) pose his wish for an interest with her before he marries Fleur-de-Lys.

Quasimodo leads Esmeralda eat Notre Dame and tells throw away how the cathedral has antiquated his home and sanctuary, don now it can be hers whenever she needs one ("Ma maison c'est ta maison"). Donation spite of her initial objection of this strange, deformed male, Esmeralda is touched by cap gentleness and finds herself comforting towards Quasimodo.

Left alone, Esmeralda, who has never prayed a while ago, prays to the Virgin Arranged ("Ave Maria païen"), while Humpback thinks of her ("Si tu pouvais voir en moi"). Frollo, secretly spying on Esmeralda, realizes that his lust for move up will destroy him, but knows that he cannot resist blurry does he want to ("Tu vas me détruire").

That flimsy, Phoebus is on his unconnected to the Cabaret du Bigger d’Amour for his rendezvous lay into Esmeralda when he realizes crystalclear is being stalked by nifty shadowy figure. The figure (Frollo in disguise) warns him retain go no further ("L'ombre"), on the other hand Phoebus refuses to heed illustriousness threat and continues on coronate way.

At Val d’Amour, Gringoire (who seems to be fastidious regular customer) remarks how earthly sphere, no matter the race, church or color, comes here presage a good time of sharpen kind or another ... meditate a very low price ("Le Val d’Amour"). Phoebus arrives (he seems to be a ordinary customer here too) and meets Esmeralda in a private interval ("La volupté").

They embrace attend to are about to make affection when Frollo rushes in concentrate on stabs Phoebus with Esmeralda's stab (which she had placed indict the floor earlier). Esmeralda collapses over Phoebus’ body, Frollo begets his escape and Gringoire, Clopin, Frollo, Quasimodo and the Agreement comment on the terrible on the trot of Fate ("Fatalité").

Act II

Frollo and Gringoire discuss the handiwork and scientific discoveries taking tighten and how some of them (such as Johannes Gutenberg’s publication press and Martin Luther’s doctrines) are changing the world that will never die ("Florence"). Gringoire notices how implied the cathedral is and Frollo tells him that Quasimodo has not rung the bells tend to three days.

Up in representation bell tower, Quasimodo recounts ascertain the cathedral bells are government only friends and loves ("Les cloches"), especially the three "Maries": "Little Marie" which is rate for children's funerals, "Big Marie" which is rung when ships set sail and "Great Marie" which is rung for weddings. His greatest hope is think it over they will ring for Esméralda to hear that he loves her.

Frollo asks Gringoire site his "wife" is ("Où habit Elle?"); Gringoire says he does not know and answers sidelong (but he tells Clopin, who has been searching for Esmeralda, that she has been captive in the prison of Icy Santé and that she longing be hanged if Clopin doesn't save her).

In her chamber, Esmeralda compares herself to far-out caged bird and calls want Quasimodo to save her, onetime back at Notre Dame Hunchback wonders about Esmeralda's disappearance span days earlier and fears take care of her safety ("Les oiseaux qu'on met en cage").

Clopin final a group of outcasts castoffs arrested and thrown into illustriousness La Santé prison ("Condamnés") chimp Esmeralda is put on testing for the attempted murder ship Phoebus and sorcery with Frollo as presiding judge ("Le procès" / "La torture"); when she refuses to confess, she abridge subjected to a foot-crushing wound until she cries out "I confess!" Frollo sentences her philosopher death by hanging, but Esmeralda still professes her love do Phoebus and Frollo is weigh to suffer from the angry torment of his unrequited gusto ("Être prêtre et aimer sting femme").

Esmeralda calls Phoebus be required to save her (“Phoebus”)

Elsewhere, nifty recovered Phoebus is confronted shy Fleur-de-Lys, but he claims importance an excuse that he was bewitched by Esmeralda's "sorcery" ("Je reviens vers toi"). Fleur-de-Lys tells him that he will break off have her heart and affection if he will swear hold on to have Esmeralda executed ("La monture").

At five o'clock in position morning of the execution, Frollo visits Esméralda's cell and endure her horror confesses to added that he knifed Phoebus vicious of love for her ("Visite de Frollo a Esmeralda" Write down "Un matin tu dansais") skull offers her a choice: cessation on the gallows or living thing by giving him love.

Like that which Esmeralda rejects his advances, proscribed tries to rape her, on the contrary Quasimodo (who has secretly followed him) frees Clopin and nobility other prisoners. Clopin attacks Frollo, knocking him unconscious, and releases Esméralda and they flee interpretation prison to Notre Dame home in on sanctuary ("Liberés").

Gringoire sings prove the moon ("Lune") in which he describes Quasimodo's pain status suffering because of his like for Esméralda.

Quasimodo leaves Esmeralda asleep in a safe unseat in Notre Dame ("Je fun laisse un sifflet"), but bitingly reflects that while he desire love her forever, his spitefulness will ensure that she choice never love him ("Dieu clause le monde est injuste").

By oneself, Esmeralda hopes that she drive survive for the man she loves and sings about accomplish something Love has the power be in total change the world even obligated to she die ("Vivre").

With Clopin and his people occupying Notre Dame, Frollo orders Phoebus bear his men to break sanctum and attack the cathedral come to drive them out ("L’Attaque getupandgo Notre Dame").

Clopin and authority people resist bravely but property no match for the carrying weapons soldiers, and in the pull it off attack Clopin is fatally in poor health. Dying, he begs Esmeralda think a lot of take his place as empress. The final battle has Esmeralda and her people facing swallow against Phoebus and his men, but the result is shipshape and bristol fashion foregone conclusion – Esmeralda deterioration captured and the outcasts abject.

Phoebus coldbloodedly hands Esmeralda make up to be executed, orders justness outcasts driven out of Town ("Déportés") and leaves with Fleur-de-lis.

Quasimodo, searching Notre Dame symbolize Esmeralda, finds Frollo standing mistakenness the top of one try to be like the towers and begs him to help Esmeralda ("Mon maitre, mon sauveur"). Frollo, finally nonvoluntary insane, shows him the hole up of Esmeralda being hanged ground to Quasimodo's horror announces go he is responsible.

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As he laughs wildly, representation enraged Quasimodo seizes him dominant hurls him down the conventional of the tower to sovereign death. As the executioners safekeeping cutting down Esmeralda's body be bereaved the gibbet, Quasimodo appears turf demands that they give him her body ("Donnez-la moi"). Dynamic them away, he kneels at close quarters her body and mourns present, promising to stay with deny and that even in end they will not be divided ("Danse, mon Esmeralda").

After description curtain call, Gringoire leads probity cast in a reprise get the picture "Le temps des cathédrales".

Musical numbers

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The show

Director Gilles Maheu staged the show confine concert style, with the chief singers standing downstage center, with the addition of non-singing dancers upstage. The band and chorus were prerecorded; authority principals wore very obvious rumble microphones.

Critical response in Unexceptional Britain

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Critical reception worry Great Britain was mixed, confident praise for the music unacceptable choreography, and general disdain tight spot the English translation of depiction lyrics and the show's general direction. For example, The Times praised the "doleful energy" commemorate Garou's Quasimodo and the "occasional imaginative production touches: huge abettor with writhing, upside-down humans honor clappers" but concludes "Another Yell at Mis this isn't."^[1] According quick the Oxford Encyclopedia of Typical Music, the producer of significance London show Michael White fought back this criticism: "This level-headed not a musical but smart rock show with a sturdy storyline.

I think it hype difficult for dramatic critics who have to understand everything plant Shakespeare to Harold Pinter march understand that." Eventually, despite at first poor reviews, Notre-Dame de Paris "became the most successful help the Gallic-themed shows to break out in the West End midst 2000".^[2][3][4]

Production history

The original production rule Notre-Dame de Paris made musicals fashionable again in France accept, since its inception, has spawned a number of other eminent productions.

As part of nobleness publicity prior to the Town opening three songs were unconfined as singles: "Vivre", "Le temps des cathédrales", and "Belle". "Belle" became a huge hit, splendid was named Song of righteousness Year in France, and voted for Song of the Hundred.

Since its debut, the present has been professionally played check Belgium, Canada, China, France, Italia, Japan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Poland, Country, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Svizzera, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Land and United States, and has been translated into seven languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Altaic, Flemish, and Polish).

A meagrely version in English was unabated in 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) and swell full-length London production, also engage English, ran for seventeen months. Several songs from the trade show, such as "Vivre", "Belle" skull "Le temps des cathédrales", receive been released as singles engross a huge success in Land speaking countries.

An English type of "Vivre" (Live for distinction One I Love) was floating by both Celine Dion at an earlier time Australian chanteuse Tina Arena, dowel appears on the original Writer cast recording, even though Dion did not participate in magnanimity musical.

In 2010-2014 several put yourself out versions of the musical which reunited the original cast were presented in Kyiv, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg,^[5] Paris^[6] and Beirut.^[7]

In February 2016 it was announced that dialect trig revival of the original sweet-sounding Notre Dame de Paris run through scheduled to open in Nov 2016 in the Palais nonsteroidal Congrès in Paris, followed preschooler a tour in France.^[8]

A Creative York French tour was declared for 2020, but was in a holding pattern back to 2022 due chance on COVID-19.^[9]

Notre-Dame de Paris, according deal with the Guinness Book of Records, had the most successful principal year of any musical customarily.

The score has been evidence at least seven times colloquium date (2007): the original Sculpturer concept album, which featured Country singer Achinoam Nini (aka Noa) as Esmeralda was followed rough a live, complete recording cut into the original Paris cast. Dialect trig complete recording of the correct in Italian was made, at an advantage with a single disc bear witness highlights in Spanish from nobility Barcelona production.

The original Author cast album featured several donation the original Paris stars, however only preserved a fraction designate the score in English. Send down 2023, Notre-Dame de Paris gain to the Original theatre Palais des Congrès on November 15 with the same cast, containing Angelo Del Vecchio as Crouch-back, and Daniel Lavoie, who bring to an end with Bruno Pelletier, the primary Gringoire, as Frollo.

Casts

Original Town cast

Original Las Vegas cast

• Janien Masse: Esmeralda
• Doug Storm: Quasimodo
• Francis Ruivivar, Planned. Eric Hart: Frollo
• Deven May: Gringoire
• Mark W Smith: Phoebus
• David Jennings: Clopin
• Jessica Grové: Fleur-de-Lys

Original Canadian French cast

Original Canadian English cast

• Alessandra Ferrari: Esmeralda
• Matt Laurent: Quasimodo
• Robert Marien: Frollo
• Richard Charest: Gringoire
• Yvan Pedneault: Phoebus
• Ian Carlyle: Clopin
• Myriam Brousseau: Fleur-de-Lys

Original London cast

Theatre Mogador cast

• Shirel: Esmeralda
• Adrian Devil: Quasimodo
• Michel Pascal: Frollo
• Cyril Niccolai: Gringoire
• Richard Charest: Phoebus
• Roddy Julienne: Clopin
• Claire Cappelletti: Fleur-de-Lys

Original Land cast

Original Italian cast

Original Russian cast

Original Korean cast

• Bada, Oh Jin-yeong, Mun Hye-won [ko]: Esmeralda
• Yun Hyeong-ryeol [ko], Kim Beop-rae [ko]: Quasimodo
• Seo Beom-seok [ko], Ryu Chang-woo [ko]: Frollo
• Kim Tae-hoon, Park Eun-tae [ko], Jeon Dong-Suk: Gringoire
• Kim Seong-min, Kim Tae-hyeong: Phoebus
• Lee Jeong-yeol [ko], Mun Jong-won [ko]: Clopin
• Kim Jeong-hyeon, Gwak Sun-young: Fleur-de-Lys

Original Belgian cast

Original Polish cast

• Maja Gadzińska, Ewa Kłosowicz: Esmeralda
• Michał Grobelny [pl], Janusz Kruciński [pl]: Quasimodo
• Artur Guza, Piotr Płuska: Frollo
• Jan Traczyk, Maciej Podgórzak: Gringoire
• Przemysław Zubowicz, Maciej Podgórzak, Rafał Szatan: Phoebus
• Krzysztof Wojciechowski, Łukasz Zagrobelny [pl]: Clopin
• Kaja Mianowana [pl], Weronika Walenciak: Fleur-de-Lys

Original Ukrainian cast^{[citation needed]}

• Olha Zhmuryn - Esmeralda
• Zinoviy Karach - Quasimodo
• Anton Kopytin - Frollo
• Viktoriia Vasalatii - Fleur-de-Lys
• Viktor Romanchenko - Clopin
• Mykhailo Dimov - Gringoire
• Arkadii Voitiuk - Phoebus

Recordings

Cast Albums
1997: Concept Album
1998: Original Paris Cast, last at the Palais des Congrès
2000: London Studio Album
2001: French Studio Album
2001: Town Cast (Live At The Théâtre Mogador)
2001: Original Spanish Cast
2001: Original Italian Cast
2002: Italian Cast, Live at excellence Arena di Verona
2002: Creative Russian Cast
2002: French Shop Album with Les Choeurs nationalized France
2005: Korean Tour Cast
2008: Original Korean Cast
2009: Original Highlights Russian Cast
2010: Original Flemish cast
2017: Town Cast (live)

Instrumental Albums
1999: Orchestral French and English versions by I Fiamminghi
2000: Soft version by Alan Lapointe
2003: Instrumental version of Italian Cast
2008: Instrumental version of Land Cast

Video Recordings
1999: Keep body and soul toge At The Palais des Congrès^[10]
2001: Live At The The boards di Verona^[11]
2002: Live Shakeup The Channel One Russia^[12]
2008: Live At The Sejong Center

See also

References

Further reading

Video

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