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Les Misérables (/ l eɪ ˌ m ɪ z ə ˈ r ɑː b (əl),-b l ə / lay MIZ-ə-RAHB(-əl), - RAH-blə, French: [le mizeʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz (/ l eɪ ˈ m ɪ z / lay MIZ), is a sung-through musical with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, and a book by Schönberg and Boublil, based on the 1862 novel of the same name by ...
Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the 1862 novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo.It premiered in Paris in 1980 and includes music by Claude-Michel Schönberg with original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, as well as an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer.
Les Misérables is a 2012 epic period musical film directed by Tom Hooper from a screenplay by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, based on the stage musical of the same name by Schönberg, Boublil, and Jean-Marc Natel, which in turn is based on the 1862 novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
The evening concert was shown live in cinemas across the UK, Ireland and around the world. The end credits of the concert confirmed a film adaptation of the stage musical for 2012 release. A Blu-ray and DVD version of the O2 broadcast was released on 29 November 2010 in the UK (PAL DVD (Region 2) and Blu-ray).
This release also does not contain the speeches. The second disc contains Les Misérables: Stage by Stage, a documentary from 1989. Recent versions of the DVD include the missing segment of Little People. [3] A remastered special edition DVD of the concert was released on November 20, 2012. [4]
Upon its release, Les Misérables debuted at number thirty-three on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Billboard Soundtracks chart, selling 43,000 copies in less than three full days of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [8] The following week, it sold 136,000 copies to jump to number two on the Billboard 200. [9]
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert is a 2019 British live stage recording of the 1980 musical Les Misérables, itself an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, filmed at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End on 2 December 2019, and broadcast live to UK and Irish cinemas.
In 2013, Anuman Interactive launched Les Miserables: Cosette's Fate, a hidden object game based on the novel. Players embody Cosette and try to escape from the innkeepers. [78] Les Miserables: Jean Valjean, a hidden object game based on the novel. Les Misérables: Eve of Rebellion, a card game based on the novel.