Les Misérables - The Chelmsford Concert (August 24, 1997)
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- Les Misérables
Live in Concert in Chelmsford, England
August 24, 1997
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Starring: Jeff Leyton as Jean Valjean, Michael McCarthy as Javert, Ruthie Henshall as Fantine, Frances Ruffelle as Eponine, Matthew Cammelle as Marius, Chris Langham & Gay Soper as the Thénardiers, David Bardsley as Enjolras, Annalene Beechey as Cosette, and Adam Searles as Gavroche
Very heavily remastered and restored by me.
This is a really great, open-air concert styled pretty closely after the 10th anniversary concert (which many of these performers participated in), and it includes a lot of famous faces in the Les Mis world! Jeff Leyton, a long running Valjean (1991-2004), Michael McCarthy, a long running Javert (1992-2009), and of course Ruthie from the 10th, Frances the original Eponine...a wonderful cast.
I had to do SO MUCH work on the audio. The sound level was low to a point where it was inaudible, and was drowned in this terrible tape hiss. This was the best I could do, and it's quite literally a 10,000% improvement over the original tape. Please enjoy!
Mandy Holliday here, I played the hair crone at this event In Lovely Ladies. Thank you so much for posting it!
Love Frances Ruffelle! My favorite Eponine! A Little Fall of Rain in this concert is fantastic! She’s so emotional and performs it exquisitely!
I have kept coming back to this monthly for the past few years. The quality is such a shame, but unfortunately this has the best performance done in the role of Fantine that I have ever seen. Ruthie Henshall outdid her 10th Anniversary performance here, and it’s not even close. I hope that a high quality version of this concert exists somewhere in some idiotic publisher’s vault. I’d easily pay hundreds for it.
Thank you for posting this! I particularly LOVE the Valjean and Javert in this production.
.. so happy to see Frances Ruffelle here. She may lack Lea's technical polish, but gosh, that pitiful warble brings me to tears unlike anyone else.
I was at this concert. 5 years old at the time and no idea the impact this show would have on me in years to come.
Thanks for uploading
Ruthie henshall is the best fantine ever!
Just adore Mr Leyton as Valjean. Thank you for posting this xx
Wow, I didn't realize that they performed the entire show outdoors!
*ALMOST* the whole show. it seems "Valjean's Confession" is the only thing that got left out (it was also left out of both the 10th and 25th anniversary concerts.
@@disneydanny2 That's right, I forgot that one or two each of Jean Valjean's, Fantine's and Eponine's numbers are shortened or abridged (as well as, I think, "Master of the House"). Unlike a few other Broadway or West End musicals, I still haven't seen Les Miserables in person.
@@disneydanny2 some other numbers like “The Robbery” and Gavroche’s death scene are also missing
This is gold. Thanks for uploading
Wow!!!
Jeff LEyton Was the Best Valjean of Edinburgh
this is amazing! thank you so much for the upload
Thank you for posting this. I had known about the concert for years, but I had only seen a few short videos of it.
The work done on this is excellent. I loved seeing it. Didn't know there were other concerts out there aside from the official ones. thanks for sharing!
By the way David Bardsley was Combeferre & Matthew Cammelle Feuilly
While I do agree this is basically a Great value version of the 10th anniversary concert I do like Michael McCarthy and I think people pick on him far too much.
50:03 and 1:24:50 the oldest Gavroche ever. Adam Searles was 16 years old at that time.
Metthew Camelle!
1:22:44 the Invisible Man sure can sing!
Maybe the technical staff did not fix the lights or one of the cast was not singing at that place
Enjolras' voice breaking in the start of act 2.. I'm ashamed to say I laughed
It seemed to throw him off a little. His "damn their warnings, damn their lies" immediately after was very weak. Pity.
24:08
55:47
What the hell is this? Why have I never seen this??? I grew up on the 10th, when/where was this televised?
1:00:08
Don't get me wrong, this is gold, it's really good, though the tempo for some of the actors could be a bit better, but it's basically a poorer version of the 10th Anniversary Concert, the lyrics are cut in the same parts, and it also includes the images that the 10th showed to illustritate which scene they're singing, maybe these videos are a tad bit longer, but that's all. Even the actors are acting so similar to the 10th Anniversary, like the actor playing Javert is basically imitating Philip Quast, which, again, not bad because I love Quast, but you know, it all looks so similar to that Concert. And now someone is gonna come to tell me that's because it's the same musical, but that's not an excuse, because if you've seen the 25th Anniversary and the Staged Concert from 2019, they look a bit different from the 10th, and from each other, and the actors don't imitate each other in the role they play, but give it their own unique edge. For example, Javert is so different if you compare him as played by Philip Quast, to how Norm Lewis does it, or even Michael Ball, they're all great in their own right. Hell, even Matt Smith's Thenardier is different if you compare the 25th to the Gielgud Staged Concert. But, still, thanks for uploading, because this is still great.
Matt Lucas, not Smith, sorry. I mistook Thenardier with the Doctor XD
OMG! Hadn't gotten to Master of the House yet when I posted this, but this actor is doing such a poor and uninspired imitation of Alun Armstrong. Jesus!
Well, Stars is actually quite good in this version. But that final note, gosh how do I envy those who can sustain it as long as 20 or more seconds, like Philip Quast or Michael Ball. This actor doesn't, but I can't really criticise something I find impossible.
@@elbauldelosrecuerdosdemigu5137 I mean, I can’t blame Langham too much for that. When everyone proclaims a single actor as the best at a role, I guess it makes sense to emulate him the best you can.