More Asian Tour Cast Pictures

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Enjoy

Do you think that the Asian Tour cast will turn in to World Tour Cast? I think they might.

My favorite Italian Fleur de Lys

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Now I’m actually not the biggest fan of the most recent Italian cast of Notre Dame de Paris. I’ll get more in that another time when I actully start reviewing Notre Dame de Paris in earnest. However I will say this, while I’m not of fan of how the La Monture (La Cavalcatura) sequence was re-stage to make Fleur de Lys use her sexuality to get Phoebus to ensure the death a girl who is already condemned, I really do enjoy Serena Rizzetto performance. She is probably my favorite Italian Fiodaliso and I think she is better singer than either of the Esmeralda in this cast, but that is just my opinion.

 

Asian Tour 2012 pictures

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More Pictures of the 2012 Asian Tour Cast of Notre Dame de Paris  

Julie Zenatti and Daniel Lavoie Performing in Kiev 2012

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Notre Dame de Paris original  Alumni  Julie Zenatti and Daniel Lavoie (Fleur de Lys and Frollo) performed together in Kiev on June 1 2012.

Lavoie and Zenatti singing Ils s’aiment

I love this song and I love Zenatti’s addition to it, they show record an offical recording of it.

Zenatti singing La monture

Lavoie singing most of Belle Belle

Lavoie singing Tu vas me détruire

Lavoie sings this with an acoustic guitar

Lavoie singing Etre prêtre et aimer une femme

Bohemienne in Japanese

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I’ve studied Japanese and while I’m by no means fluent I think this is a decent rendering of the song into Japanese. I like that for the word for “fate” is Sadame  which man fate but it has a sad connotation to it. Not sure what I think of the singing though.

I one time timed to tried to translate Belle into Japanese but not to fit the measure. I do think it would be cool if Notre Dame played to Japan, it’s played a lot in Asia but not in Japan.

 

Matt Laurent from Russia with Love for Esmeralda

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A Video of Matt Laurent (who has played Quausimodo over 400 times) sings Dance my Esmeralda on a Russian TV show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBegUUnCdF0

I think he does a great job. He really does make some of the more awkward lines work. The arrangement is a bit more of a pop sound than in the show.  I find it cute that he does that head tilt back move that you see Garou do a lot ( at 0.48). Maybe now it’s just a Quasimodo gesture to get the right tone of voice, but I alway associate that head tilt with Garou.

Les Misérables Movie Pictures and Trailers

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Pictures and Trailer from the upcoming 2012 Les Misérables  movies. I’m still not sure on the casting and the production values seem a bit to  much like “Notice Me Academy”.

Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Russell Crowe as Javert Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Anne Hathaway as Fantine Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Samantha Barks as Éponine Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean & Isabelle Allen as young Cosette Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Amanda Seyfried as Cosette & Eddie Redmayne as Marius Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean Les Misérables 2012 movie picture image
Les Misérables 2012 movie

 

(Please Note –  I’m not as familiar with Les Mis so I may have misidentified  characters or actors)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7_pOyPYGUQ

How do you think Notre Dame de Paris would translate to a movie format? I think a cinematic treatment could be cool but the musical doesn’t have the best “narrative.”