Os Miseráveis - 10th Anniversary (1995)

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Music	Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics	Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (French lyrics) Herbert Kretzmer (English adaptation)
Book	Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil Trevor Nunn and John Caird(adaptation)
Basis	1862 novel by Victor Hugo Les Misérables
Productions	1980 Paris 1985 West End 1987 Broadway 1987 First US Tour 1995 10th Anniversary: The Dream Cast in Concert 2006 Broadway revival 2010 25th Anniversary Tour and Concert 2012 Film Adaptation Multiple productions worldwide 2014 Broadway revival
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book Tony Award for Best Score

Les Misérables (pron.: /leɪ ˈmɪzərɑːb/ or /leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb/; French pronunciation: ​[le mizeˈʁabl]), colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz /leɪ ˈmɪz/, is a sung-through musical play based on the novel of the same name by French poet and playwright Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer. Set in early 19th-century France, it is the story of Jean Valjean, a burly French peasant of abnormal strength and potentially violent nature, and his quest for redemption after serving 19 years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for starving relatives. Valjean decides to break his parole and start his life anew after a kindly Bishop inspires him to, but he is relentlessly tracked down by a police inspector named Javert. Along the way, Valjean and a slew of characters he becomes entangled with get swept into a revolutionary period in France, where a group of young idealists make their last stand at a street barricade.

The musical was originally conceived and produced in France, before its English-language adaptation, which opened at the Barbican Centre in London, England, on 8 October 1985, where the production overcame bad notices through word of mouth, launching what has turned out to be a global sensation. (Wikipedia)

10th Anniversary Concert

Main article: Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert

On 8 October 1995, the show celebrated its tenth anniversary with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. This 10th Anniversary Concert was nearly "complete," missing only a handful of scenes, including "The Death of Gavroche" and the confrontation between Marius and the Thénardiers at the wedding feast. Sir Cameron Mackintosh hand-selected the cast, which became known as the Les Misérables Dream Cast, assembled from around the world. The concert concluded with seventeen Valjeans from various international productions singing, "Do You Hear the People Sing?" in their native languages. The concert cast included Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean, Philip Quast as Javert, Paul Monaghan as the Bishop of Digne, Ruthie Henshall as Fantine, Hannah Chick as Young Cosette, Jenny Galloway as Madame Thénardier, Alun Armstrong as Thénardier, Adam Searles as Gavroche, Michael Maguire as Enjolras, Michael Ball as Marius, Judy Kuhn as Cosette, Lea Salonga as Éponine, and Anthony Crivello as Grantaire. The concert was staged by Ken Caswell.  (Wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)

Les Miśerables - The Dream Cast in Concert
Directed by	Gavin Taylor
Produced by	Cameron Mackintosh
Written by	Alain Boublil Herbert Kretzmer Claude-Michel Schönberg
Starring	Colm Wilkinson Philip Quast Alun Armstrong Jenny Galloway Judy Kuhn Michael Ball Lea Salonga Ruthie Henshall Anthony Crivello
Music by	Claude-Michel Schönberg
Editing by	Nigel Cattle
Distributed by	Sony Pictures (US/CAN) BBC Video (UK)
Release date(s)	17 November 1998
Running time	148 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom France
Language	English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables:_The_Dream_Cast_in_Concert