Ruthie Henshall - Come To Me/Fantine's Death (Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert)
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- čas přidán 5. 01. 2010
- Ruthie Henshall played Fantine here in the 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall London giving an amazingly moving performance
- Hudba
They really weren't kidding when they called this the dream cast.
Just the most beautifully wondrous sad song. Reminder of glorious hope in the suffering
This might just be the most underrated song in the entire musical.
how many les miz editions have you seen? this is the best cast. just wondered if you have a different version of this song you prefer?
jane mcfadden I think Debra Byrne's version is worth checking out. Very heartbreaking and a little softer than Ruthie's version.
+Zach Miller. This is the most underrated song in the entire musical.
Much more tear maker then I dreamed a Dream for me.
+Zach Miller This is indeed. Many people don't understand why Fantine is such a big character with only I Dreamed I Dreamed whereas Eponine has Own My Own and Little Fall of Rain, but this is so easily forgotten! I think it is more beautiful than Little Fall of Rain.
Her voice is full of sorrow. The one and only Fantine. No one comes close.
Sure as fuck not Patti Lupone. She sounded like Barry White
How about Lea Salonga?
Absolutely 1000000% agree!
I am an avid lea salonga fan and she did do justice to fantine’s role. But Ruthie henshall, that last note was just wow. Ruthie is fantine. 💯
Jonathan Catunao she’s in so much pain. It’s awful.
Before the video begins
Me, never cries.
Fantine "Tell Cosette I love her, and that I'll see her when I wake."
Me, uGLY SOBBING INTENSIFIES.
Same💔
SHE NEVER WOKEEEEE 😭😭
@@babsgrayson8432 not in this life, at least
I can’t hold my self together
I cry when she says ( you come from God in heaven )
When her face goes dark and lights up again at “but I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning” but gives me chills each time.
that last note was hauntingly beautiful.
Amen to that.
Warren Flores i have heard every single person who has ever played Fantine sing that note, and NOT ONE comes close to spinning that last note on a haunting thread like Ruthie Henshall. Divine singing!
When listening only to the audio I thought Ruthie was stepping away from the mic on the last note. Watching the video now I realized she controlled the fading note solely with her vocal. Wow. Damn. She is by far and away the best Fantine ever. Dust kicks up whenever I hear her voice in Les Mis.
Patrick Au-Yeung no autotune yup
Patrick Au-Yeung omg same
I think that her performance in the 10th anniversary concert was the best performance Ruthie Henshall ever gave. Her voice was never better. This was by far the best performance of Fantine I have ever heard by anyone. Brilliant!
I know :) they don't call this lot the dream cast for nothing lol .love ruthie
When my mum died it was the only thing that really said what I was feeling.
In a musical the actress would be lying in bed, I think singing when lying down would sound different then singing on her feet
I agree. She is my favorite Fantine. So much raw emotion.
@@wlamb9 I agree!.
This song moves me every time I hear it. As a parent (father), my heart breaks that Fantine’s last thought was a longing for her daughter to be with her. The love and sacrifice that a mother is willing to make for her child, which lead to the guilt and burden that Jean Valjean will carry and make amends for the rest of his life, all in this one song.
When I was pregnant with my daughter, a difficult pregnancy that ended tragically I used to sing this just before going to sleep. She would calm down. Till this day, as that was almost 17 years a go, singing that song makes me cry.
“Good monsieur, you come from God in heaven” this line has me weak every time
That's not the Winter Wind crying, it's me...
lol yes! me too
Lol! And I am still crying
Ruthie Henshall's last note...just wow...the control and emotion...got me choked up for reals....she so awesome
Fantine is the ultimate mother figure. She is the symbol of love, nurture and sacrifice for the sake of her child, the epitome of motherly love.
That "for God's sake..." near the end sounds so desperate... Great job Ruthie Henshall...just wow
It is exceedingly difficult to maintain strength while fading, and Henshall does so excellently at the very end. An excellent rendition.
i love that part with Jean Valjean saying 'I will keep you warm" such so much compassion and sadness as he knew WHY Fantine was feeling cold
Quite possibly the most beautiful, haunting, and tear-jerking number of any musical ever.
Her voice control is incredible
This is the perfect example of artistry in the voice, the way Ruthie fades her voice in and out with as her character's strength wanes in and out, man that's why we cry. You can hear her death at the end. That is what so much of our movies are missing today, just emotion and imagry in a voice. Amazing!
There's no one in the world that can better Ruthies' performance :)
I love the way she sang "how fast the minute" I love the way her voice faded in the last line. Her voice is enchanting and sorrowful.. Best Fantine!
God damnit Ruthie. You've broken my heart again.
Every version of this song I’ve heard is beautiful, but this is the only rendition that genuinely brings me to tears.
I love the 25th anniversary concert, but Ruthie is definitely the best Fantine
I don't care what anybody says... Ruthie is by far the best Fantine!
I truly am in love with Ruthie Henshall's performance here as Fantine. Her voice is incomparable to any other. I can listen to her all day. :) Lea's performance in the broadway was just touching. She has a strong voice even when she was crying. As for Anne Hathaway's performance, I have to give her credit for being able to sing while she's crying in despair too. She moved me to tears. It's truly tough to act that way for a film. I think she does deserve that Golden Globe award. :)
"...and I'll see her when I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa----aaa-k-e." Just sublime! No auto-tune required.
ruthie and colm and all the cast were just breathtaking xxxxxxxxx
her diminuendo from 3:20 to 3:27 is incredible. it takes skill to keep up the support and strength in your voice while singing quietly. chills.
Favorite Fantine and 2nd or 3rd favorite Valjean. This really was the "Dream Cast".
Unlike the movie...
Agreed. I think that the only person In the movie that Could even qualify for a top 3 spot, for the person they played, would be Samantha barks.
I actually liked Hugh
***** ... Wow, for the first time I agree completely with Les Mis movie opinions...
***** I disagree. While Hugh's voice is... well... yeah... It suits his face. To listen to the soundtrack it is a little grating. I prefer Anne's version of this for the raw emotion. It can actually bring me to tears whereas this version cannot.
So am I ._. ***** I already got bashed for my opinion.
This was the best possible cast. Way better than any other anniversary casting or movie or production I’ve seen.
Ruthy Henshall was nothing short of extraordinary in this role. You can wrap yourself with her warm rich voice, while being ensured that it tells a story that conveys everything you ever wanted to know about the character she is playing.
This would bring tears to a glass eye
It doesn't matter how many times I watch this performance: every single f*****g time I cry like a child...
I am a solanga fan but definitely love Ruthie. They both bring such a realness to the part that brings tears to my eyes. And I will not start on colm...that man. My God.
"You come from God in Heaven"... slays me everytime.
3:06 "For God's sake" brought me to tears. Wow!
This always makes me want to cry, and when she sings I Dreamed a Dream. She really shows the emotion and makes you feel it.Other people just sing it, that's it, they don't show the emotion or make you feel it.
I love Ruthie and how she is able to portray Fantine with strength and vulnerability at the same time.
I'm going to be honest, this song is really comforting. If you forget that Fantine is dying, this would work as one of the best lullabies. Just, her soothing voice and emotion filled tone, and her sweet and comforting words, are honestly to much to handle. She is just so amazing, I give her mad props for this amazing performance. (Also Fantine was amazing as hell hhhhh-)
I sing this to my daughter like once a day lol
Anne Hathaway, I love you, but THIS is how you deliver this song.
***** yes.
***** anne cant sing though lol
***** why only the 2 compares to ruth and anne? why not compare different fantines. seems a lot have actually only seen the film and a few little clip bits. has any one just watched celine at the queens recently? opinions please
But Anne was acting, not just singing. And she was playing a dying girl.
neutral name THANK YOU!!!! No one else I speak to seems to understand this 🤷♀️
I haven't seen any of Les Mis but I'm literally sobbing listening to this
This song always brings me to tears. To dream of a whole life with her daughter but to know that it's not going to happen.
This is the 10th Anniversary cast and everyone is amazing. So heart-breaking when Fantine is singing about Cosette. Victor Hugo makes Jean Valjean the epitome of perfection.
Aw! I love both Fantines, Ruth and Anne, but I wish they had kept the entire song in the movie. So beautiful.
This song makes me cry more than diving into a pool of chopped onions!
XDLadyHydrangea hun you would be screaming in agony if you did that...
So I'm guessing you are unfamiliar with exaggerated metaphors or.... you're actually Captain Obvious??
XDLadyHydrangea I got it I just... ugh whatever
The part that gets me is the last note, the way her voice sounds like it's dying, growing suddenly weaker and colder and come to an end. It really sounds like it's her last breath... Amazing.
This song changed the way I looked at music. Heard it in 96’ during hardcore grunge music era. I didn’t know as a kid that music could be this incredible.
I can't heard it without crying! 💔💔
Nobody has been able to do "And tell Cosette I love her and I'll see her when I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake" better than Ruthie. I've seen the show multiple times, and not even Lea Salonga (whom I adored as Eponine) can hold a candle to her.
I am forever a fan of lea salonga but this version of ruthie just moves me to tears every time i hear it... :'(
Same
Her whole performance is just jaw dropping especially the last part. It’s out of this world, like is she even human? 🫶🏼🙌🏼
She certainly deserved the standing ovation which I'm sure she got for this. It's July 2024 and my wife and I are going to see Les Mis in London in September to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary - can't believe 2025 will mark the 40th anniversary of Les Mis!!
This fucking song :'( it makes me cry
No way I'm crying..no..no...yes, im crying..can't help it :'(
me too
+phil obrien because its wonderful
She captured Fantine so well... I couldn’t stop crying all through the scene
Forever the best Fantine ❤️❤️
Never truly got this song.
Grown up a bit, seen something, cried and then not, now the song hurts so badly.
Ruthie does such an excellent Fantine. Her voice has never sounded better. Bravo!
I don't know this show very weel, I'm french, 28 years old and live in France. I've heard this perfom was the best, and my friends shown me. I'm surpirsed, because it's not good, it's fantastic zand this girl has a very great voice ! Thank U for this video !
Getting my Ruthie fix...her voice is just beautiful to me...
This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs that I have ever heard. It touches your soul. Brilliant.
Oh my god I forgot about this song. I'm crying. The bittersweet melody of I Dreamed a Dream reprised in this, as Fantine is dying - whatever little hope or joy left in her life is now lost. Cosette is the unexpected, fragile realization of a dream... Her desperate, last, precious dream is found in Cosette's play and childhood joy, and in the fragile hope for a brighter future for Cosette than Fantine had for herself. She says previously that life killed her dream and she's in hell, and now again her dream is being killed in her inability to see through or ensure Cosette's future. Fantine has lost _her own_ future and dream yet again. Some small comfort and hope that Valjean will care for Cosette. A dying desperate hope for her daughter to live a life free from the immense burden and shame that fate or chance had in store for Fantine. Some desperate pleas as she feverishly goes in and out of acknowledging her reality - to not be alone in the end.
OOF.
One of the most moving song I have ever heard, but not enough time is given to the most moving performance you ever likely to hear
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away, and soon it will be night
Come to me, Cosette the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.
Hurry near, another day is dying
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?
There's a darkness which comes without a warning
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.
Oh Fantine, your time is running out
But Fantine, I swear this on my life
Look M'sieur, where all the children play...
Be at peace
Be at peace ever more
My Cosette...
Shall live in my protection
Take her now...
Your child will want for nothing
Good M'sieur, you come from God in heaven
And none will ever harm Cosette as long as I am living
Take my hand, the night grows ever colder
And I will keep you warm
Take my child, I give her to your keeping
Take shelter from the storm
For God's sake, please stay 'till I am sleeping
And tell Cosette I love her, and I'll see her when I wake...
she is lovely and terrific
i love love her version of this song...and i love this song so much..she asks him to take care of her daughter....and Valjean responds he will take her child......i was moved from the first time i saw this and still, every time, i cry
How she sings "hurry" really touches me. She is amazing!
and "come to me" in the line before it. AGH MY HEART.
She loved her daughter so much, and it's so sad we didn't even get to see them interact at all.
Every. Single. Time. 😢😭
One of the most emotive songs ever written.
How beautiful... Utter perfection.
The song is really sad but it comes back again when Val Jean dies where it becomes kind of both sad and happy. The saddest part of this section of the musical is actually the sudden change from this song to the confrontation. It is really striking the mercilessness of the world that leaves no time to rest for people.
Holy shit, that diminuendo at 3:20 . . do you people realise how HARD that is, and what outstanding control and breath support that requires? Amazing
We are in tears because she brought the mother's to us!!!
Ruthie Henshall is the real Fantine and Colm Wilkinson is the real Jean Val Jean
it all speaks of the love of god and the gift of words and music ! the way the world should be ! beutiful songs !!
I had chills the entire song! What a beautiful melody and a gorgeous voice
Oh God the way she sings "Tell Cosette I love her " wrings your heart!😣💔
Ruthie ...just cant be bettered..thanks..
i cry every time i listen to this beautiful song. it's just so beautiful.
yes the best cast,without a doubt,fab
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away, and soon it will be night
Come to me, Cosette the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder
Hurry near, another day is dying
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?
There's a darkness which comes without a warning
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning
Oh Fantine, your time is running out
But Fantine, I swear this on my life
Look M'sieur, where all the children play
Be at peace
Be at peace ever more
My Cosette
Shall live in my protection
Take her now
Your child will want for nothing
Good M'sieur, you come from God in heaven
And none will ever harm Cosette as long as I am living
Take my hand, the night grows ever colder
And I will keep you warm
Take my child, I give her to your keeping
Take shelter from the storm
For God's sake, please stay 'til I am sleeping
And tell Cosette I love her, and I'll see her when I wake
how come 17 dislike this?? its the best voice my ears have heard in my whole life. I keep listening to it over and over and never get bored. Ruthie is amazing. Greetings from Egypt
THIS PERFORMANCE WILL LAST A LONG LONG TIME AS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE STARS AND THE MUSICIANS WISH I WAS THERE 10 ANNIVERSARY
Ruthie's voice is beautiful, the way she sings it it just goes straight through your heart.
If there was ever a video that deserved a million views, this is it. It's one thing to hit a whistle tone like that, but it's even more impressive how smoothly Ruthie transitions into it.
Absolutely the best Fantine ever.
How does one sing this with so much despair and optimism all at once? Bravo. Truly, that was beautiful.
This concert is the best! It puts the actual first show in a lesser level.
Everytime.......(look mosure, where all the children play)... Gets me every time)😢
3:20 Hell of an overtone when she softens up that last note. I thought I was going crazy when I first listened to this.
Heavenly voice
that little switch at 3:23 is so special.
What a voice. I love hearing her sing
Amazing. I pray the younger generation will give this a try. FOLLOW THE STORY!!
We are here to love and support our fellow human being.
He takes my breath away. My heart melts.
French version:
Fantine: It is so cold outside.
The little girls are wise,
They wait beside my bed,
As the hourglass empties.
My Cosette, the night is now descending,
Do you see the first star appearing?
Close your eyes, and forgive me, o my daughter,
I dreamed that I would satisfy your need for a family.
The misery is not the dying mother,
But her child, it is the horror of men's hearts,
The shadows are now descending upon Earth,
And I will spend eternal night upon the bier.
Valjean: Oh, Fantine! I have so little time,
But Fantine, allow me to make this promise.
Fantine: Look, Monsieur! Watch her playing!
Valjean: Sleep in peace,
Sleep in peace, my child.
Fantine: My Cosette
Valjean: She shall be in my family.
Fantine: She is coming...
Valjean: I will raise her as my daughter.
Fantine: Good monsieur, a good angel
Descends upon you from the heavens.
Valjean: You will see her soon,
I will find her myself.
Fantine: The light
Is shining from the depths of your soul.
Valjean: You will struggle nevermore.
Fantine: It lights up
The broken heart of a woman.
Valjean: Virtuous before God!
Fantine: Good monsieur, I will be very happy,
To tell Cosette that a saint had descended upon Earth! (Dies)
I will cry every damn time I watch this!
My favorite piece from the production.
i really like this singer RUTHIE HENSHALL 100% i really really i like her!!!