Les Misérables: The Original Dutch Cast - 1992 (Full Musical)
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2020
- Les Misérables
Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1992
Starring: Henk Poort (JVJ), Ernst Daniel Smid (Javert), Pia Douwes (Fantine), Paul de Leeuw (Thenardier), Simone Kleinsma (Mme Thenardier), Vera Mann (Eponine), Bill Van Dijk (Enjolras), Danny de Munk (Marius), Joke de Kuijf (Cosette)
This is one of my favorite Les Mis videos of all time. It seems to be a proshot by the company so the quality and filming are really good. The cast is incredible, everybody is incredibly well suited to their roles. And the pacing of the show is brilliant! The show runs nearly 3 hours because they took their time and allowed the show to breathe and flow properly.
All in all, it makes for an amazing video. Enjoy! - Hudba
This was my 1st musical..best cast ever! ❤
Wow, this Javert is very emposing. Amazing!
Ernst Daniel Smid is a famous baritone in the Netherlands. He even had his own TV show featuring great voices from opera to musical, etc. This was long before the big Idol and X-Factor, Got Talent and The Voice shows.
In deze opname speel ik Thénardier,heb het overgenomen van Paul de Leeuw!!!!!
Ik dacht al 😅
Je doet 't fantastisch!
Wat ontzettend leuk om te zien! Even voor de juiste rugnummers.... Tijdens deze reeks in Scheveningen was Door van Boekel 1ste cast Thenardier en ondergetekende, 1ste cast madame Thenardier en dus ook tijdens deze opname.
Prachtige musical, indertijd was ik 4 of 5,later in 2008 wel gezien, deze eerste Nederlandse versie vindt ik de beste🙂
I think Henk Poort is one of the best Valjeans ever. Have always liked him but have never sat and watched his performance like I did tonight and he is just amazing. Not only is his voice a joy to listen to (it has so many colors and beautifully rich and deep as well as strong falsetto and high notes) his acting is very strong.
Also, I think this may the first time I see the Lovely Ladies groping each other. They've always been affectionate toward each other, sometimes even frisky but here they are full-on lesbians, lol.
He has amazing range! Truly great.
Wow, amazing , I played that show 500 times in this cast, fantastic to be able to watch it.
Will share with old cast members, THANK YOU.
This is amazing! I never saw this production live unfortunately. I only saw bits and pieces of it on TV and later online. And I believe the Original Dutch Cast Recording was my 4th musical album I ever bought. I played that CD over and over until I knew the entire show by heart. I love finally seeing this! I'm so happy that it got preserved. I know it's against the rules, but this production is believed to have been the start of the Dutch musical stardom as it was in the 90's and early 2000. It brought forth some of its biggest stars who were unknowns at the time.
However, the leading cast list as mentioned above is not accurate to this particular performance. I believe it is as follows:
* Jean Valjean - Henk Poort
* Javert - Ernst Daniel Smid
* Fantine - Pia Douwes
* Thenardier - Door van Boeckel
* Mme. Thenardier - Irene Kuiper
* Eponine - Marika Lansen
* Enjolras - Bill van Dijk
* Marius - Danny de Munk
* Cosette - Joke de Kruijf
* Grantaire - Peter de Smet
In the ensemble I think I recognize:
[Lovely Ladies]
* Crone (who buys Fantine's hair) - Doris Baaten
* Bamatabois - Peter de Smet
[Paris]
* Old Beggar Woman - Margot Giselle
* Prostitute - Maya Hakvoort
* Betty Vermeulen
I even believe I recognize a friend of mine from many years ago as Young Cosette - Tae Soon Meddens. But, just like most of the above, it's really hard to tell.
You're right on Tae Soon. But Feuilly is being played by Greg Shand.
As for the rest:
Combeferre - Arnold Le Belle
Jean Prouvaire - Filip Bolluyt
Joly - Rolf Koster
Courfeyrac - Edwin de Jongh
Lesgles - Bert Luttjeboer
Montparnasse - Rick Somsen
Claquesous - Thomas Hurter
Babet - Rik Luycx
Burjon - Robert Valter
Young Cosette - Tae Soon Meddens
Young Eponine - Lucretia *something Russian"
Gavroche - Florus van der Linde
The remaining Female ensemble I can't tell with 100% accuracy. They changed the tracks between this production and the one I did. And since they have almost no lines and all look alike it's too hard to tell.
After realizing that Ernst is also the Dutch singing voice for Frollo, seeing him as Javert is so perfect since he played two of Victor Hugo’s greatest villains
Pia ist wie immer toll!!
Wow 1992 finally !!!
John Napier's set designs sure had longevity at that theatre between "Cats" which was replaced by (and later replaced) "Les Miserables" (as I understand it, the set for the Original Dutch production of "Cats" moved to Paris, then *BACK* to Amsterdam?)
so what i'm hearing is disney went les mis
pia the queen, and loved seeing the surprise danny as well. i didn't know this javert, but his unique acting during little people made me an instant fan (sorry gavroche, but it's no longer about you)
I wonder if Henk Poort ever did the high B in “Who Am I” or if this was his usual choice. Considering he is a baritone. But he seems to handle the high Bbs and As well.
In both live recordings he skips the B4 in Who Am I, though he does it on the cast recording so it may have been one of those things he *could* do but knew he shouldn’t
I think this Eponine is not Vera Mann. She looks like Marika Lansen
This looks and sounds wonderful. Unfortunately for me, I don't speak Dutch. Does anyone know if there's an equally well crafted English speaking performance on CZcams?
Gaston as Valjean and Pocahontas as Fantine? Governor Ratcliffe as Javert?!?!?!
Henk Poort - Jean Valjean:
* Gaston - Beauty and the Beast
* Lord Dingwall - Brave
Pia Douwes - Fantine
* Pocahontas - Pocahontas
Ernst Daniel Smid - Javert
* Governor Ratcliffe - Pocahontas
* Frollo - The Hunchback of Nôtre-Dame (dutch singing voice)
* Rasputin - Anastasia (dutch singing voice)
* Clayton - Tarzan
* Alameda Slim - Home on the Range
* Lord MacGuffin - Brave
Joke de Kruijf - Cosette
* Aurora - Sleeping Beauty (1994)
* Cinderella - Cinderella (1991)
* Belle - Beauty and the Beast
* Mary Poppins - Mary Poppins (1998)
Irene Kuiper - Mme. Thenardier
* Shenzi - The Lion King
Bill van Dijk - Enjolras
* Tod - Tod & Copper
* Clopin - The Hunchback of Nôtre-Dame (dutch)
Danny de Munk - Marius
* Dehani - Brother Bear
Peter de Smet - Bamatabois/Grantaire
* Clopin - The Hunchback of Nôtre-Dame (flemish)
Doris Baaten - Crone/Ensemble
* Kanga - The Many Adventure if Winnie the Pooh (1986)
* Lizzie - Cars
And, although not featured in this performance:
Simone Kleinsma - Mme. Thenardier
* Georgette - Oliver & Company
* Yzma - The Emperor's New Groove
Vera Mann - Eponine
* Anastasia - Anastasia (dutch)
* Esmeralda - The Hunchback of Nôtre-Dame (dutch & flemish)
Stanley Burleson - Montparnasse/Ensemble
* Shang - Mulan
* Dimitri - Anastasia (singing voice)
53:40 dat is NIET Paul de Leeuw. Volgens mij is het Bert Lutjeboer als Thenadier.
Ik denk Door van Boeckel. Die speelde afwisselend met Paul de Leeuw
The Eponine here doesn't sound nor look like Vera Mann. There is another video of this production that I have and is of comparable quality that has Vera Mann as Eponine. The actress here has a higher-pitched, more nasal voice than Mann. You can clearly see it isn't Vera during the closeup of her face in "On My Own."
It's nice to see that the person filming this had the sense to zoom out during "On My Own" to capture the almost-never captured lovely stage picture of Eponine center stage with all those warmly glowing but shuttered windows all around her. I've said this in various other threads but it is strange how most people who do boots of Les Mis fail to capture the whole scene for that song. They always do super closeups of Eponine and ignore the overall scene which is frustrating as that is one of my fave visual scenes of the show. My video with Vera Mann also zooms out during this song but it doesn't capture the upper level of the set. This is one of the only videos that captures the whole set for that song. There are literally like 2 other videos in the entire bootleg and pro video archives of Les Mis performances that even bother showing even a glimpse of the set during "On My Own." Most bootleggers seem drawn to Eponine's pores and nose hair for some very oddly frustrating reason and ignore that melancholy and beautiful stage picture.
The actress/singer who played Eponine at this performance was Marika Lansen.
@@MarkvanBeelen Great to know. Thank you for identifying her. She's a fantastic Eponine!
@@lamisere8337 She was one of the singing teachers when I studied performing arts, and thanx to social media I was able to forward this video to her yesterday.
@@MarkvanBeelen That's awesome! I love her "On My Own." Unlike many, she is in-synch with the orchestra and her emotional journey during the song is clearly influenced and marries well with the orchestration. That always makes for a more thrilling performance when actress and orchestra blend together in the storytelling. A lot of Eponine's just stand there and have one expression. Marika's expressions fluctuate as the orchestra becomes more intense in its emotional buildup. Gotta love that thrilling thundrous timpani and Marika's "I've only been pretending!"
@@MarkvanBeelen LOL Marika is actually the one who gave me this video...
this is definitely not Paul De Leeuw as thenardier.
Who is it
Door Van Boeckel. Paul De Leeuw left because he wasn't pleased about how the production (cast/crew) got treated.
This is Paul De Leeuw.
czcams.com/video/PGIakZVnmlk/video.html
I love Door Van Boeckel. I. Saw him in Into the woods and Torch Song Trilogy.
@@lesmiserablesfantome-ygood1922i believe it is Bert lutjeboer
No think it is Arthur Schlemper
Great cast and wonderful archive of the amazing original staging, lighting, choreography, costumes and unedited score. The “new” staging is crap! Everything is amateurish. The costumes are too bright, the singing is rushed and shouty, the score is so edited, the One Day More choreography is laughable and there are hanging electrical lamps over the worker women’s table during At The End Of The Day when there were no electric lamps in 1823 France! 😠
Hi, re the lamps. They're supposed to be hanging gas mantles, not electric....
@@mikehall7086… I know what they are claiming them to be, but, they do not look anything like hanging gas lamps. Not at all.