And he and Colm during Confrontation are just thrilling to see and hear. Philip Quast as Javert, has that ringing baritone with such authority, that it gives me chills every time he sings "Stars" or his suicide song. There is something in the fatherly tone of his voice that just becomes more and more poignant as the musical goes on to his solo, "Bring Him Home," which still brings me to tears every time. His gruff, high warbly tenor is perfect for the role, and even his crazy touches at the end of some songs such as "Who am I?" just ring true to me. To me, he is the pinnacle of what Jean Valjean is and should sound like. He obviously originated the role on Broadway as well as in London, and so he created and crafted the role for everyone to come after. Some definite cast highlights for me include:Ĭolm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean. I'm sure some of this has to do with nostalgia, but I just love this cast from top to bottom. Let's start with the 10th anniversary edition.
Just a note, this is not a film of the actual musical, and some of that is hard to miss if you've seen the actual musical as many times as I have (7 times!), but the voices especially in the 10th anniversary make that up for me. There were generally good reviews, especially for the big finale at the end, but having grown up with listening to the cast of mostly the 10th anniversary, it was hard for me to fall in love with the 25th.
I had never seen the 25th, and so I just watched it for the first time last week. There have been two big anniversaries where it's been taped for the masses, the 10th and the 25th anniversary. It's definitely my favorite musical of all time. This is kind of a random post, but I absolutely love musicals and I randomly saw a Les Mis Flash mob on Youtube and it got me kind of thinking about this amazing musical again.
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