It is seriously impressive that the actor for Phoebus can hold that end note "oh esmeraldaaaaaaaaaa" for as long as he did whilst lying down! Damn I'm such a Phoebus fangirl!!!
Sirenetta 20 You guys should listen to Fredrik Lycke, from the original 1999 Berlin production! That guy belts the melody of that section(with different lyrics meaning “I got to find her”) so powerfully, I’m just wondering where the heck he is now and, personally, I really prefer for his kind of voice for Phoebus over Andrew and Maximilian. m.czcams.com/video/FGPMgENAmbE/video.html In fact, here’s his version of Rest and Recreation too! m.czcams.com/video/qBVRF9PJjh0/video.html In fact, since he’s now a Broadway actor(for a limited time anyway, thanks to Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812), I’d really like to see Josh Groban’s interpretation of Phoebus! And I’d even die happy hearing him sing “Out of Love” from the 1999 Berlin production, especially with Ben Platt as Quasimodo! czcams.com/video/Y1lNmo0Kbv8/video.html
that moment when phoebus, quasi, and frollo sing “and still it all comes down to her and me” in unison is such an underrated moment because all three men are determined to be with esmeralda in the end
I highly doubt that Victor Hugo would have liked this adaptation. This story is nothing like the book. They completely omit the poet character that Esmerelda marries out of pity. Captain Phoebus was an antagonist in the book. He was trying to cheat on his fiance with Esmerelda the whole time, but he lets Esmerelda hang In the end. This story is a wonderful, fun, exciting play. The original novel was a Gothic tragedy.
@@charlessherwood3637 I disagree, because Hugo himself changed the story to reflect more like this story rather than his book when he made the libretto for "La Esmeralda". In "La Esmeralda", Hugo cuts out Pierre Gringoire (The poet you mention), he also changes the ending because Frollo does not die by being thrown off the roof by Quasi, instead it was Phoebus who dies and he dies in Esmeralda's arms, and then she threw herself on his body promising that he'll follow him, in La Esmeralda both Phoebus and Esmeralda were in love with each other. Also Phoebus is not an antagonist in La Esmeralda, only Frollo and even Clopin.
i didn’t realize that was what was happening until frollo’s brother what’s-his-name and his girlfriend are like “and then, *(dramatic pause)* we left.” and i was like, omg they’re the narrators😂😂
The flames grow tall and sharp as fleurs-de-lis! All Paris burns for Esmeralda and still it all comes down to her and me! Feels very awkward after April 15th.
They changed the song for the Papermill Playhouse production. I prefer the use of "God Help the Outcasts" to "In My Life" when Pheobus decides not to burn the house down.
I do miss Quasi's extra verse, if only because I love his voice. The only real difference between this version and the album, besides the dialogue cut for time's sake, is Quasi's Top of the World reprisal verse and the choir and Phoebus singing In My Life instead of God Help The Outcasts.
It's so cool that they end the act 1 finale the same way they did the opening Holding out "Bells of Notre Dame" as Quasi turns to face the audience while hanging onto the rope, while also showcasing what has changed
Sends me chills every time😊! But i think they should sorta add Esmeralda in the center of the stage or on that second floor that's at the back. Because in this song it shows us how much she changed people's lives and how this story starts to have a climax when she came.
I hope this comes to Broadway.. I'm so sad that isn't on there now :( i mean this show is so amazingly beautiful from what I've seen on CZcams!! They would have done this song as well for Tony's if it was on Broadway!
@ANTONIO CRUZ haha. Pun intended... It's hard to get a show like that on Broadway because it's a 94 person cast and that isn't including the 105 person orchestra in the pit... you gotta pay all those people and the Broadway heads don't wanna do it But maybe SOME investor will get it there.... someday... sooooooooooooooooon
@@brennenfoerst3908 Not exactly that big. This production(both La Jolla and Papermill Playhouses) has a 14 piece orchestra, with a 32 member choir in the background, 16 congregation members(those who do the narrating and other characters on stage), and 5 leads, but yes It is STILL a big and expensive number of people to pay, even without the production crew in mind! They were trying to negotiate giving each cast member half of what they would normally be paid in a show with a lesser number of people, but It wouldn't suffice really. It's the Union who refused to fund for a show with THAT number of people that wasn't guaranteed to be a financial success for Disney's standards, according to the mixed reviews these productions got. That's why Ragtime, which won several Tony Awards despite losing Best New Musical to Lion King that year, sadly close from the financial troubles of EVERYTHING being large and expensive, the 40 plus cast, the big and intricate sets, the 28 member orchestra, the works! Phantom of the Opera, with IT's 40 plus member cast, doesn't count and stays on Broadway since it first opened because of the guaranteed positive attention it brought over from London. The Union DID suggest they decrease the number of choir members, but Lyricist Stephen Schwartz and Composer Alan Menken wouldn't allow it, which is why they turn to licensing the show to community theaters where they would make the most profit. FINALLY, those large 32 member choirs were provided by volunteering groups like SACRA/PROFANA for La Jolla, and volunteering local residents in New Jersey for Papermill, and sadly there's no way this show could find that kind of volunteering on commercial Broadway, they still need to PAY them. In my opinion, they should stick with the 24 member ensemble count that was done with the earlier incarnation of this show, Der Glockner Von Notre Dame, which premiered in Berlin in 1999 and lasted till 2002, making it the longest running show in Berlin Germany. Make them be the congregation AND the choir, rather than regulate one group to do all the heavy work of narrating and playing other roles while the other groups sit and do nothing until needed for choir moments. Plus, the 24 member choir in Der Glockner sounds great on it's own! czcams.com/video/Jlw5L2QU2i4/video.html
Never noticed before that at LaJolla, after "The Devil dwells in Esmeralda", Frollo used to sing "Resist *her* charm", while on the studio recording it's "Resist *his* charm". It's such a small change, but I still wonder why they made it.
it's a shame this never made it big. i love this theatrical adaption. ... i'm not much for live-action reboots, but Disney should put THIS to film. thank you for putting this on here.
The guy playing Frollo dose sound like the late Tony Jay infact they all sound like the characters in the movie makes me want to watch it again love the movie
@@msoupster63 that be William Paul Michals, who also played Father Dupin during Bells of Notre Dame and even understudied for Patrick Page as Frollo too! Of the voices of this Congregation I do actually like(in that they sound the least distractingly "Disney-esque" for the tone of this story, in my eyes/ears), both his and Neal Mayer(who plays Saint Aphrodisius)'s are my most favorite! He's now currently on Broadway playing Detective Starnes in the Revival of Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's Parade, which is itself directed by Michael Arden(who plays Quasimodo here) himself!
Indeed, that be William Paul Michals, who also played Father Dupin during Bells of Notre Dame and even understudied for Patrick Page as Frollo too! Of the voices of this Congregation I do actually like(in that they sound the least distractingly "Disney-esque" for the tone of this story, in my eyes/ears), both his and Neal Mayer(who plays Saint Aphrodisius)'s are my most favorite! He's now currently on Broadway playing Detective Starnes in the Revival of Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's Parade, which is itself directed by Michael Arden(who plays Quasimodo here) himself!
Yes the cast for La Jolla/Papermill are the ones who recorded the album. This is the La Jolla production, since they changed certain lines around for Papermill and the album.
rachel squire "the wicked shall not go unpunished" is Proverbs 11:21, "the heart of the wicked is of little worth" is Proverbs 10:20, although I have yet to see a translation that has those exact phrasings for both. I think 10:20 is the NIV translation and 11:21 is the NKJV translation?
Yes, whenever flames are used on stage there is someone offstage with a fire extinguisher, and these ones seemed to have been essentially a very large lighter-they turn on and off with a switch.
God, the Berlin version is SO MUCH BETTER!!! Why can’t Disney just let them produce it as rich and dark as it’s supposed to be? The movie was not as good as it could’ve been, and so far neither has been any production of the musical in the United States. Just like Disney to continually ruin something that has the potential to be a historic masterpiece.
I am very surprised by your opinion and disagree very strongly with it, but you certainly have the right to it. I agree that the gargoyles were annoying in the movie and took away from it, but they changed them for the Berlin version in a way that I liked. They made it quite clear that they only come to life in Quasimodo‘s imagination, and a lot of their dialogue in the Berlin version is less campy. The solution to the gargoyles was not necessarily to just take them out completely; they could be changed to work better, and I like the way they changed them for the Berlin version. I don’t see what’s wrong with Clopin being exactly the kind of gypsy leader that there was and always has been in Europe for centuries. They operated like a business, and it’s both accurate and effective to show the comradely among the gypsies in a way you don’t see as much in the current American version. As for looking and sounding terrible, that is just your opinion, and I couldn’t disagree more strongly. The Quasimodo in the Berlin version is a much better singer; the way he sings “Made of Stone” (“Aus Stein”) is unbelievable, and the guy in the current American version doesn’t even have the high D-natural at the end. The Berlin version is also better musically, in my opinion - it uses motifs from songs like “Esmeralda” so much more effectively. They also cut the song “Out of Love” (“Weil du liebst”) from the American version and replaced it with “In a place of Miracles”, which I think is much weaker and more ineffective as a song. I think Frollo is a much scarier scarier and more effective villain as a judge, too. Yes, I know making him the Archdeacon is true to the book, but I just think he’s a better villain the other way. Maybe the lighter, the warmer feeling traditionally associated with Disney is more to your taste, but I like it much richer and darker like it is in the Berlin version and in the movie. Some works are better light, but some are meant to be dark. That’s just the spirit of Victor Hugo. Darker is more popular in Europe. I don’t know if you’ve ever listened to an opera before, but they can be much darker than musical theater, and I like it much better that way. As I said, you’re entitled to your opinion, but I definitely don’t agree with you.
Phoebus is using his real voice. He has stage enunciation which sounds weird when you aren’t used to it, but having met him twice and seen him in two different shows, I can assure you his accent is not fake.
Esmeralda: sh, Phoebus, don't try and speak, you just got stabbed...
Phoebus: *breaks into song after she leaves*
Sydride98 LMAO... 😂😂😂😂😂
Esmeralda: *halfway down the hall !* Dammit, I told him not to speak.. and he's singing -_-
Perfect way go right into a song
Well this is a musical.
Singing is a free action.
Frollo: *stabs Phoebus*
Frollo: "Why would Esmeralda do this?"
It is seriously impressive that the actor for Phoebus can hold that end note "oh esmeraldaaaaaaaaaa" for as long as he did whilst lying down! Damn I'm such a Phoebus fangirl!!!
He's got a good voice
Lexie Wall Check out the german musical phoebus maximilian mann, than you'll probably fangirl even more😂
Sirenetta 20 You guys should listen to Fredrik Lycke, from the original 1999 Berlin production! That guy belts the melody of that section(with different lyrics meaning “I got to find her”) so powerfully, I’m just wondering where the heck he is now and, personally, I really prefer for his kind of voice for Phoebus over Andrew and Maximilian.
m.czcams.com/video/FGPMgENAmbE/video.html
In fact, here’s his version of Rest and Recreation too!
m.czcams.com/video/qBVRF9PJjh0/video.html
In fact, since he’s now a Broadway actor(for a limited time anyway, thanks to Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812), I’d really like to see Josh Groban’s interpretation of Phoebus! And I’d even die happy hearing him sing “Out of Love” from the 1999 Berlin production, especially with Ben Platt as Quasimodo!
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Ok but Michael Arden (Quasimodo) singing “Waken the city and sound the alarmsssss!” SO incredible
Its Andrew Samonsky
Frollo: *stabs Phoebus*
Esmerelda:
Frollo: "THE GYPSY STABBED THE SOLDIER!"
Good-Yay.
That scene was taken from the novel by Victor Hugo of which Frollo frames Esmeralda for stabbing Phoebus.
"ah captain phoebus. nice to see you again" LMAO
Frollo: *Raises an eyebrow at Phoebus*
Phoebus: *Quickly Turns away*
Hes like "I've never seen this woman or this place in my life"
@@RosesNightengales and starts to whistle 😅
that moment when phoebus, quasi, and frollo sing “and still it all comes down to her and me” in unison is such an underrated moment because all three men are determined to be with esmeralda in the end
“Apologies, your grace!” *POOF* one of the best parts. 👌🏼
My man Clopin was GREAT in the musical! 💜
"Don't worry your majesty. I will only do what's necessary."
*Proceeds to burn down all of Paris*
Okkayy-Cooool.
Patrick page is so talented it’s crazy
Victor Hugo Would Be Proud That 2 Of His Best Novels Became One Of The Greatest Musicals Ever Made
Agree!
This is poorly redacted. As it is, it makes it seem as if "the hunchback..." alone were adapted from two books.
I highly doubt that Victor Hugo would have liked this adaptation.
This story is nothing like the book. They completely omit the poet character that Esmerelda marries out of pity. Captain Phoebus was an antagonist in the book. He was trying to cheat on his fiance with Esmerelda the whole time, but he lets Esmerelda hang In the end.
This story is a wonderful, fun, exciting play. The original novel was a Gothic tragedy.
@@charlessherwood3637 I disagree, because Hugo himself changed the story to reflect more like this story rather than his book when he made the libretto for "La Esmeralda".
In "La Esmeralda", Hugo cuts out Pierre Gringoire (The poet you mention), he also changes the ending because Frollo does not die by being thrown off the roof by Quasi, instead it was Phoebus who dies and he dies in Esmeralda's arms, and then she threw herself on his body promising that he'll follow him, in La Esmeralda both Phoebus and Esmeralda were in love with each other. Also Phoebus is not an antagonist in La Esmeralda, only Frollo and even Clopin.
Aewsrvunimo.
Wake up the city and sound the aLAAAAAAAAAAARM!!!
I could never figure out what they were saying until right now omg
by far my favorite part of the whole musical
Chills every time
I love how all the characters break the fourth wall just because they narrate the stuff that happens in the story.
okay-Yees.
i didn’t realize that was what was happening until frollo’s brother what’s-his-name and his girlfriend are like “and then, *(dramatic pause)* we left.” and i was like, omg they’re the narrators😂😂
Frollo stabbing Phoebus and then blaming it on Esmeralda is actually true to the original story which I love about this musical
There was NOTHING near it in the book! You didn't read it!
@@user-sf3fe4bh2qphoebus gets stabbed by frollo then esmeralda is blamed dude
Wow. This play is the perfect mix of the book and disney version.
The “Somewhere she is lost” part will always get me just hearing two Baritones go at it is brilliant
Got chills at "wake up the city and sound the alarm!" When this comes to UK I am going to see it :)
SO IT CAN GO TO THE UK; BUT NOT BROADWAY ;~; I'M DYING TO SEE THIS :(
4:31 - 4:47 literally just gorgeous. I haven't been able to stop thinking of these lines.
Thank you for including the scene with King Louis XI. I always crack up at the “unannounced” part
And I can't state enough how much I appreciate that bit of good comedy to relieve all the tension left from Hellfire!
The flames grow tall
and sharp as fleurs-de-lis! All Paris burns for Esmeralda
and still it all
comes down to her and me!
Feels very awkward after April 15th.
John Stavropoulos why....?
@@vividly_valeska5738 part of Notre Dame burnt down
Interesting how the lyrics are slightly different on the cast recording.
They changed the song for the Papermill Playhouse production. I prefer the use of "God Help the Outcasts" to "In My Life" when Pheobus decides not to burn the house down.
kind of like the cast recording better
I do miss Quasi's extra verse, if only because I love his voice. The only real difference between this version and the album, besides the dialogue cut for time's sake, is Quasi's Top of the World reprisal verse and the choir and Phoebus singing In My Life instead of God Help The Outcasts.
It's different than all the performances I've seen. I like it though
My favorite part of this is Phoebus’s voice crack at 7:18😂😂😂
He just wanted to crackle like the fire and her voice!
It's so cool that they end the act 1 finale the same way they did the opening
Holding out "Bells of Notre Dame" as Quasi turns to face the audience while hanging onto the rope, while also showcasing what has changed
Sends me chills every time😊! But i think they should sorta add Esmeralda in the center of the stage or on that second floor that's at the back. Because in this song it shows us how much she changed people's lives and how this story starts to have a climax when she came.
The far lady: ah captain it's nice to see you again
Phiepuss : turns around ( I do not know her )
Me 😂😂
phiepuss
It kills me everytime.
phiepuss
phiepuss
I hope this comes to Broadway.. I'm so sad that isn't on there now :( i mean this show is so amazingly beautiful from what I've seen on CZcams!! They would have done this song as well for Tony's if it was on Broadway!
@ANTONIO CRUZ haha. Pun intended... It's hard to get a show like that on Broadway because it's a 94 person cast and that isn't including the 105 person orchestra in the pit... you gotta pay all those people and the Broadway heads don't wanna do it
But maybe SOME investor will get it there.... someday... sooooooooooooooooon
@@brennenfoerst3908 Not exactly that big. This production(both La Jolla and Papermill Playhouses) has a 14 piece orchestra, with a 32 member choir in the background, 16 congregation members(those who do the narrating and other characters on stage), and 5 leads, but yes It is STILL a big and expensive number of people to pay, even without the production crew in mind! They were trying to negotiate giving each cast member half of what they would normally be paid in a show with a lesser number of people, but It wouldn't suffice really.
It's the Union who refused to fund for a show with THAT number of people that wasn't guaranteed to be a financial success for Disney's standards, according to the mixed reviews these productions got.
That's why Ragtime, which won several Tony Awards despite losing Best New Musical to Lion King that year, sadly close from the financial troubles of EVERYTHING being large and expensive, the 40 plus cast, the big and intricate sets, the 28 member orchestra, the works! Phantom of the Opera, with IT's 40 plus member cast, doesn't count and stays on Broadway since it first opened because of the guaranteed positive attention it brought over from London.
The Union DID suggest they decrease the number of choir members, but Lyricist Stephen Schwartz and Composer Alan Menken wouldn't allow it, which is why they turn to licensing the show to community theaters where they would make the most profit.
FINALLY, those large 32 member choirs were provided by volunteering groups like SACRA/PROFANA for La Jolla, and volunteering local residents in New Jersey for Papermill, and sadly there's no way this show could find that kind of volunteering on commercial Broadway, they still need to PAY them.
In my opinion, they should stick with the 24 member ensemble count that was done with the earlier incarnation of this show, Der Glockner Von Notre Dame, which premiered in Berlin in 1999 and lasted till 2002, making it the longest running show in Berlin Germany. Make them be the congregation AND the choir, rather than regulate one group to do all the heavy work of narrating and playing other roles while the other groups sit and do nothing until needed for choir moments. Plus, the 24 member choir in Der Glockner sounds great on it's own!
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Honestly when he says apologies your grace, he threw so much shade 😂
Gotta love Clopin!
My favorite line is "the devil dwells in esmeralda"
Ooh Esmeraldaa!
Wanda Nemer oh Esmeralda
@@freshbread6734 OH ESMERALDAA!
@@wandanemer2630 Wake up the city! Sound the ALAAAAAAAAAAARM!!!!!
Oohhhh.
Never noticed before that at LaJolla, after "The Devil dwells in Esmeralda", Frollo used to sing "Resist *her* charm", while on the studio recording it's "Resist *his* charm". It's such a small change, but I still wonder why they made it.
Northern Lights as someone who's sung on stage before....sometimes you just forget the words a little bit.. Lol
G Y i thought Frollo replaced "her" with "his" because he's pertaining to the "spell" he thought Phoebus has and that he's trying to avoid it.
I hear "her" charm
I hear "resist *these* charms"
I interpreted it as him getting to a point where her and the devil are one in the same, hence the his.
I love how akward Phoebus looks at 3:50
Frollo's actor sounds a lot like Tony Jay when he talks.
I got that same vibe too when I first heard this for the first time.
it's a shame this never made it big. i love this theatrical adaption. ... i'm not much for live-action reboots, but Disney should put THIS to film. thank you for putting this on here.
1:05 😍 Love his voice so much
This musical combines elements from both the 1996 Disney animated movie and the original novel by Victor Hugo.
8:14-8:34 I love this transition
Love this song ❤ when they singing phoebus quasi and frollo i love that fhe most wow ❤❤❤❤
Woman: "Ah Phoebus, nice to see you again."
Phoebus: *I've never met this [woman] in my life*
Quasi ate and left no crumbs at the end ❤
This is really really awesome!!!! I must go see this musical!!
The guy playing Frollo dose sound like the late Tony Jay infact they all sound like the characters in the movie makes me want to watch it again love the movie
This makes me want a proshot of the show that much more
Perfect way to start an act.
Rose Alcmene Destler This number ENDS the first act.
1:06 OH MAN can that guy SING!!! ❤️
Anyone know his name? He's amazing
@@msoupster63 that be William Paul Michals, who also played Father Dupin during Bells of Notre Dame and even understudied for Patrick Page as Frollo too!
Of the voices of this Congregation I do actually like(in that they sound the least distractingly "Disney-esque" for the tone of this story, in my eyes/ears), both his and Neal Mayer(who plays Saint Aphrodisius)'s are my most favorite!
He's now currently on Broadway playing Detective Starnes in the Revival of Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's Parade, which is itself directed by Michael Arden(who plays Quasimodo here) himself!
Nobody’s gonna talk about how the dude that read the warrant went off???
Indeed, that be William Paul Michals, who also played Father Dupin during Bells of Notre Dame and even understudied for Patrick Page as Frollo too!
Of the voices of this Congregation I do actually like(in that they sound the least distractingly "Disney-esque" for the tone of this story, in my eyes/ears), both his and Neal Mayer(who plays Saint Aphrodisius)'s are my most favorite!
He's now currently on Broadway playing Detective Starnes in the Revival of Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's Parade, which is itself directed by Michael Arden(who plays Quasimodo here) himself!
MTI needs to make a Jr. version of this musical!
A Jr. version would totally bastardize this story. I’d stick to the high school edition if I were you
This would be performed at the Tony's if Hunchback makes it to Broadway someday 🤞
This is soooo good
Isabella Nicoletti fukking effortless
This is just the stage play (should be on Broadway honestly), so the remake better be as epic!
I love this song it puts in the spirt on a Gypsy Hunt for Esmeralda. Especially Frollo who wants find her and capture her.
Goosebumps
Oh my god, this is sooo good *cry*
In the MTI version, the replaced "I am just a fool, I'm done" to "God help the outcast of nobody will.
Frollo could totally play Jeremy Clarkson :D
Oh man look what happens when you do not understand science. Listen carefully !!! 🤣😏
*SoRcErY!!*
Positively exquisite
oh god i have to go see this in san bernardino in september oh my god
Samara Duffie Sooo... I'm gunna be playing florika in San Bernardino.
This rendition is effortless and beautiful
God help the outcasts or nobody Will!
Wait are these the actors they used for the 2016 soundtrack?!
Yes the cast for La Jolla/Papermill are the ones who recorded the album. This is the La Jolla production, since they changed certain lines around for Papermill and the album.
KatE907 Ahhh I see. Thank you for the info. I didn’t even realize until Hellfire because only Patrick Page sounds like that lol
Wait a minute.. did the bishop just say the lines from wicked at 2:28 -2:35
If I'm not mistaken, what he says is a Bible quote, or at least a paraphrase of one.
rachel squire "the wicked shall not go unpunished" is Proverbs 11:21, "the heart of the wicked is of little worth" is Proverbs 10:20, although I have yet to see a translation that has those exact phrasings for both. I think 10:20 is the NIV translation and 11:21 is the NKJV translation?
DADDY FROLLO
Was that real fire?
movies and tvseries clips yes it is, but i assume, that it is a "safe" fire
Yes, whenever flames are used on stage there is someone offstage with a fire extinguisher, and these ones seemed to have been essentially a very large lighter-they turn on and off with a switch.
They changed my favorite part no
ooooooook-Yeeah.
What part??
Eii Josh from Crazy Ex Girlfriend LMFAOOO
Cool!
🐐🐎
3:50
Idk if y'all know this, but g*ps* is a slur
God, the Berlin version is SO MUCH BETTER!!! Why can’t Disney just let them produce it as rich and dark as it’s supposed to be? The movie was not as good as it could’ve been, and so far neither has been any production of the musical in the United States. Just like Disney to continually ruin something that has the potential to be a historic masterpiece.
I am very surprised by your opinion and disagree very strongly with it, but you certainly have the right to it. I agree that the gargoyles were annoying in the movie and took away from it, but they changed them for the Berlin version in a way that I liked. They made it quite clear that they only come to life in Quasimodo‘s imagination, and a lot of their dialogue in the Berlin version is less campy. The solution to the gargoyles was not necessarily to just take them out completely; they could be changed to work better, and I like the way they changed them for the Berlin version. I don’t see what’s wrong with Clopin being exactly the kind of gypsy leader that there was and always has been in Europe for centuries. They operated like a business, and it’s both accurate and effective to show the comradely among the gypsies in a way you don’t see as much in the current American version. As for looking and sounding terrible, that is just your opinion, and I couldn’t disagree more strongly. The Quasimodo in the Berlin version is a much better singer; the way he sings “Made of Stone” (“Aus Stein”) is unbelievable, and the guy in the current American version doesn’t even have the high D-natural at the end. The Berlin version is also better musically, in my opinion - it uses motifs from songs like “Esmeralda” so much more effectively. They also cut the song “Out of Love” (“Weil du liebst”) from the American version and replaced it with “In a place of Miracles”, which I think is much weaker and more ineffective as a song. I think Frollo is a much scarier scarier and more effective villain as a judge, too. Yes, I know making him the Archdeacon is true to the book, but I just think he’s a better villain the other way. Maybe the lighter, the warmer feeling traditionally associated with Disney is more to your taste, but I like it much richer and darker like it is in the Berlin version and in the movie. Some works are better light, but some are meant to be dark. That’s just the spirit of Victor Hugo. Darker is more popular in Europe. I don’t know if you’ve ever listened to an opera before, but they can be much darker than musical theater, and I like it much better that way. As I said, you’re entitled to your opinion, but I definitely don’t agree with you.
Rteedmio.
I hate how Frollo just spends the song wandering around, he looks lost!
And Captain Pheabus has the most horrendous fake accent.. Lol
Phoebus is using his real voice. He has stage enunciation which sounds weird when you aren’t used to it, but having met him twice and seen him in two different shows, I can assure you his accent is not fake.
Fhutrevmuiko.