Les Misérables (1980 original French production)

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Les Misérables (1980 original French production) is the original French-language stage musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel that later evolved into the globally renowned English-language musical.

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instanceOf French-language musical
stage musical
adaptationStage original stage adaptation of the novel
adaptedInto Les Misérables (English-language musical)
linked to: Les Misérables
authorOfSourceMaterial Victor Hugo
basedOn Les Misérables (novel)
linked to: Les Misérables
cityOfPremiere Paris
composer Claude-Michel Schönberg
countryOfOrigin France
format arena-style production
hasGenre musical theatre
sung-through musical
hasLegacy foundation for later international productions of Les Misérables
hasMedium live theatre
hasRecording Les Misérables 1980 French concept album
hasStructure two-act musical
inspired Les Misérables (1985 West End production)
lyricist Alain Boublil
Jean-Marc Natel
mainCharacter Cosette
Enjolras
Fantine
Javert
Jean Valjean
Marius Pontmercy
Thénardier
linked to: Thénardiers

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musicStyle orchestral pop
through-composed
narrativePeriod 19th-century France
notableSong J’avais rêvé d’une autre vie
La faute à Voltaire
Le cœur au bonheur
Les amants de la Bastille (French version title variants may differ)
L’air de la misère
À la volonté du peuple
originalLanguage French
premiereDate 1980-09-17
premiereLocation Palais des Sports, Paris
producer Robert Hossein
productionType concept musical
runType limited engagement
setDesigner Robert Hossein (as director/producer with large-scale staging input)
setting Paris
various locations in France
subjectMatter redemption
revolution
social injustice
timeSpanOfStory 1815–1832

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Do You Hear the People Sing? associatedWork Les Misérables (1980 original French production)
Herbert Kretzmer adaptedFrom Les Misérables (French musical by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg)
linked to: Les Misérables (1980 original French production)
Enjolras appearsIn Les Misérables (1980 musical)
linked to: Les Misérables (1980 original French production)
Les Misérables (1980 French concept album) followedBy Les Misérables (1980 Paris stage production)
linked to: Les Misérables (1980 original French production)