Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert

Les Miśerables - The Dream Cast in Concert
Directed byGavin Taylor
Paul Kafno
Written byAlain Boublil
Herbert Kretzmer
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Produced byCameron Mackintosh
StarringColm Wilkinson
Philip Quast
Michael Ball
Judy Kuhn
Lea Salonga
Ruthie Henshall
Michael Maguire
Alun Armstrong
Jenny Galloway
Anthony Crivello
Edited byNigel Cattle
Music byClaude-Michel Schönberg
Production
companies
Cameron Mackintosh Limited
HD Thames
Distributed byVideo Collection International
Release date
  • 20 November 1995 (1995-11-20)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert (1995), also titled Les Misérables in Concert, is a concert version of the 1980 musical Les Misérables, which was based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, produced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the West End production. It was filmed in October 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall and was shortly afterwards released on VHS in the United Kingdom in November by Video Collection International. The concert was released on DVD, VHS and LD in North America by Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1998, and re-released on DVD in North America in 2008. The latest DVD presents the concert in its original 16x9 ratio.

Although filmed with HD cameras, a Blu-ray edition has not been released yet. The 10th Anniversary cast stars Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean, Philip Quast as Inspector Javert, Michael Ball as Marius Pontmercy, Lea Salonga as Éponine, Judy Kuhn as Cosette, Ruthie Henshall as Fantine, Michael Maguire as Enjolras, Anthony Crivello as Grantaire, Alun Armstrong as Thénardier, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thénardier, Adam Searles as Gavroche, Hannah Chick as Young Cosette, and several others, and was directed by John Caird. The performers were chosen from the London, Broadway and Australian productions of the show and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell. It also aired on PBS as part of the Great Performances series.