"Los miserables (2014 TV series) Los miserables (English: ""Les Misérables""), is a telenovela that premiered on Telemundo on September 30, 2014, and concluded on March 24, 2015. The telenovela is produced by Argos Comunicación and Telemundo Studios, distributed by Telemundo Internacional and created by the Venezuelan author Valentina Párraga, based on the French novel ""Les Misérables"" written by Victor Hugo. It stars Aracely Arámbula as Lucía Durán — A woman pursued by law but innocent, who has to resist, fight and hide tenaciously and cunningly, until she demonstrates her integrity, with Erik Hayser, Aylín Mújica, Gabriel Porras and Marco Treviño,"
"Songs from Les Misérables Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the novel ""Les Misérables"" by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. Premiering in Paris in 1980, 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. The London production has run continuously since October 1985 – the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world. There have been several recordings of this material, including ones by the original London cast and original Broadway cast. However, no recording contains the entire"
"""Epilogue"". Key Notes Songs from Les Misérables Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the novel ""Les Misérables"" by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. Premiering in Paris in 1980, 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. The London production has run continuously since October 1985 – the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world. There have been several recordings of this material, including ones by the original London cast and original Broadway cast. However, no recording"
"Adaptations of Les Misérables Victor Hugo's novel ""Les Misérables"" has been the subject of many adaptations in various media since its original publication in 1862. In 1980, a musical of the same name opened in Paris at the Palais des Sports. It has gone on to become one of the most successful musicals in history. It was directed by Robert Hossein, the music was composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg, and the libretto was written by Alain Boublil. An English-language version of Schönberg's work opened in London at the Barbican Arts Centre in 1985. It was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and adapted"
"and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. The lyrics were written by Herbert Kretzmer and additional material by James Fenton. Adaptations of Les Misérables Victor Hugo's novel ""Les Misérables"" has been the subject of many adaptations in various media since its original publication in 1862. In 1980, a musical of the same name opened in Paris at the Palais des Sports. It has gone on to become one of the most successful musicals in history. It was directed by Robert Hossein, the music was composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg, and the libretto was written by Alain Boublil. An English-language version"
"Les Misérables Les Misérables () is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including ""The Miserables"", ""The Wretched"", ""The Miserable Ones"", ""The Poor Ones"", ""The Wretched Poor"", ""The Victims"" and ""The Dispossessed"". Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters, particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his"
"Les Misérables (2012 film) Les Misérables is a 2012 musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and scripted by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, which also inspired a 1980 musical by Boublil and Schönberg. The film is a British and American venture distributed by Universal Pictures. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen. The film takes place in France during the early 19th century and"
"was Claude-Michel Schönberg, with whom Boublil has since collaborated on a number of successful projects, including ""Les Misérables"" and ""Miss Saigon"". ""Les Misérables"" first opened in Paris in 1980. On 8 October 1985, an English-language production of ""Les Misérables"" produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird premiered in London at The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Barbican Theatre. The show transferred to the West End's Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985. It is the longest-running musical in West End history. Productions based on the Nunn/Mackintosh staging of ""Les Misérables"" have been staged all over the world, including"
"abroad. Since its original publication, ""Les Misérables"" has been the subject of a large number of adaptations in numerous types of media, such as books, films, musicals, plays and games. Notable examples of these adaptations include: Les Misérables Les Misérables () is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including ""The Miserables"", ""The Wretched"", ""The Miserable Ones"", ""The Poor Ones"", ""The Wretched Poor"","
"from musical films and high production costs. The exceptions were several mega-musicals first produced in Paris; ""Les Miserables"", based on the novel by Victor Hugo, with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, opened in Paris in 1980, and went on to success in London and New York, and became one of the most popular musicals of all time. ""Notre Dame de Paris"", also based on a novel by Victor Hugo, with music composed by Riccardo Cocciante and lyrics by Luc Plamondon, opened on September 16, 1998, and made immediate stars of its"
"of Jacques Offenbach, but the genre nearly disappeared in the 20th century, due in large part to high costs and to competition from motion pictures. In the 1980s and 1990s, Paris reversed the trend hosted the premieres of two mega-musicals, ""Les Miserables"", based on the novel by Victor Hugo, with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, opened in Paris in 1980, and ""Notre Dame de Paris"", also based on a novel by Victor Hugo, with music composed by Riccardo Cocciante and lyrics by Luc Plamondon, which opened on September 16, 1998. Both"
"songs changed from the stage musical. Several major pieces, primarily as ""Who Am I?"", ""Stars"", and the two ""Soliloquy"" pieces are performed in a different key from most recordings. Following the release of ""Les Misérables"" (1980), a French sung-through concept album by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, the musical premiered at the Palais des Sports in Paris in 1980. The English-language West End theatre production opened at the Barbican Arts Centre on 8 October 1985. The subsequent Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on 12 March 1987 and"
"John Cameron. ""Les Misérables"" was originally released as a French-language concept album, as French songwriter Alain Boublil had had the idea to adapt Victor Hugo's novel into a musical while at a performance of the musical ""Oliver!"" in London. Having pitched the idea to French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg, the two developed a rough synopsis and worked up an analysis of each character's mental and emotional state, as well as that of an audience. Schönberg then began to write the music, while Alain Boublil began work on the text. According to Alain Boublil, ""...I could begin work on the words. This"
"Les Misérables (2018 miniseries) Les Misérables is an upcoming BBC television miniseries of the French historical novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The series, adapted by Andrew Davies and directed by Tom Shankland, will star Dominic West, David Oyelowo, and Lily Collins. BBC Studios will handle distribution for the series. Based on the original novel, the series will not include the songs from the ""Les Misérables"" musical. The miniseries, which is set to consist of six episodes, is set to premiere on 30 December 2018. The Weinstein Company was initially set to co-produce the series and serve as"
"experience of redemption. Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, antimonarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. ""Les Misérables"" has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television and the stage, including a musical. Upton Sinclair described the novel as ""one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world,"" and remarked that Hugo set forth the purpose of ""Les Misérables"" in the ""Preface"": Towards the end of the novel, Hugo explains the work's overarching structure: The"
"their arrival at the Petit-Picpus convent, much of which were later reintroduced in the 2012 film adaptation. The musical also condenses the time between the wedding of Cosette and Marius and their visit to the dying Valjean. Cosette Cosette is a fictional character in the novel ""Les Misérables"" by Victor Hugo and in the many adaptations of the story for stage, film, and television. Her birth name, Euphrasie, is only mentioned briefly. As the orphaned child of an unmarried mother deserted by her father, Hugo never gives her a surname. In the course of the novel, she is mistakenly identified"
"write an English version of a French musical ""Les Misérables"" (by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg). Kretzmer’s lyrics extended the two-hour Paris original into a three-hour show. The all-sung ""“Les Mis”"" opened at the Barbican Theatre on 8 October 1985 and is still running in the West End, the longest running West End musical in history. The score includes such well-covered ballads as ""I Dreamed a Dream"", ""Bring Him Home"", ""On My Own"" and ""Empty Chairs At Empty Tables"". For his work on the ""Les Misérables"" lyrics, Kretzmer received Tony and Grammy awards. In 2008 Kretzmer wrote the lyrics for"
"of the first to note the slang and write it down. He uses the character of Gavroche to introduce the concept of argot to the reader. Hugo devotes a lengthy chapter to importance of argot to the evolution of language in order to defend the extensive use he makes of it. Since the original publication of ""Les Misérables"" in 1862, the character of Gavroche has been in a large number of adaptations in numerous types of media based on the novel, including books, films, musicals, plays, and games. French songwriter Alain Boublil had the idea to adapt Victor Hugo's novel"
"of adaptations in numerous types of media based on the novel, including books, films, musicals, plays, games, and web-comics. In the stage musical of the same name, Javert is a central character. His character, and his role in the plot, is largely unchanged and he remains the primary antagonist. Javert Javert () is a fictional character, the primary antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel ""Les Misérables"". He was presumably born in 1780 and died on June 7, 1832. He is a police inspector who becomes, over the course of the novel, obsessed with the pursuit and punishment of the convict"
"Les Misérables (1978 film) Les Misérables is a 1978 British made-for-television film adaptation of the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was written by John Gay, produced by Lew Grade, and directed by Glenn Jordan (no relation to star Richard Jordan). The film originally aired on U.S. television on CBS on 27 December 1978. The plot follows the general outline of the novel of the same name, omitting many details and some entire episodes. The narrative is strictly chronological and avoids the digressions required to mirror the novel's structure. Many of the novel's minor characters"
"Les Misérables (1998 film) Les Misérables is a 1998 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, directed by Bille August. It stars Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, and Claire Danes. As in the original novel, the storyline follows the adult life of Jean Valjean, an ex-convict (paroled following 19 years of hard labor, for stealing bread) pursued by police Inspector Javert. It was filmed at Barrandov Studios in Prague. Jean Valjean, a man arrested for stealing bread nineteen years earlier, is released on account of Mrs. Herberst, Valjeans wife. When no one is willing to"
"Les Misérables (1995 film) Les Misérables is a 1995 film written, produced and directed by Claude Lelouch. Set in France during the first half of the 20th century, the film concerns a poor and illiterate man named Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who is introduced to Victor Hugo's classic novel ""Les Misérables"" and begins to see parallels to his own life. As the film opens, Henri's father, a chauffeur, is falsely accused of having murdered his boss. During his trial and imprisonment, Henri's mother finds a job in a tavern on a Normandy beach. There Henri sees a film adaptation of"
"Claude-Michel Schönberg Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 6 July 1944 in Vannes) is a French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil. Major works include ""La Révolution Française"" (1973), ""Les Misérables"" (1980), ""Miss Saigon"" (1989), ""Martin Guerre"" (1996), ""The Pirate Queen"" (2006), and ""Marguerite"" (2008). Schönberg began his career as a record producer and a singer. He wrote most of the music for the French musical and rock opera ""La Révolution Française"", France's first rock opera, in 1973. He played the role of King Louis XVI in the show's production that"
"of young idealists attempt to overthrow the government at a street barricade. ""Les Misérables"" was originally released as a French-language concept album, and the first musical-stage adaptation of ""Les Misérables"" was presented at the Palais des Sports in 1980. However, the production closed after three months due to that expiry of the booking contract. In 1983, about six months after producer Cameron Mackintosh had opened ""Cats"" on Broadway, he received a copy of the French concept album from director Peter Farago. Farago had been impressed by the work and asked Mackintosh to produce an English-language version of the show. Initially"
"movie was a ratings success, beating ""Charlie's Angels"", and Rosemont found raising finance easier from then on. Les Misérables (1978 film) Les Misérables is a 1978 British made-for-television film adaptation of the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was written by John Gay, produced by Lew Grade, and directed by Glenn Jordan (no relation to star Richard Jordan). The film originally aired on U.S. television on CBS on 27 December 1978. The plot follows the general outline of the novel of the same name, omitting many details and some entire episodes. The narrative is strictly"
"Les Misérables (1958 film) Les Misérables is a 1958 French-East German-Italian film adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel released in France on 12 March 1958. Written by Michel Audiard and René Barjavel, the film was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. It stars Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean. The bishop's background is briefly sketched rather than detailed as in the novel. Javert is a young boy, the son of a guard in the Toulon prison, when he sees Valjean as a convict. Javert comes to arrest Jean Valjean when he is in the house of Thénardiers intending to take Cosette with"
"Les Misérables (1958 film) Les Misérables is a 1958 French-East German-Italian film adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel released in France on 12 March 1958. Written by Michel Audiard and René Barjavel, the film was directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. It stars Jean Gabin as Jean Valjean. The bishop's background is briefly sketched rather than detailed as in the novel. Javert is a young boy, the son of a guard in the Toulon prison, when he sees Valjean as a convict. Javert comes to arrest Jean Valjean when he is in the house of Thénardiers intending to take Cosette with"
"had previously despised Grantaire for his skepticism (and, to a lesser extent, his drunkenness). Despite that, Enjolras welcomes Grantaire in sharing his martyr-like death. The two die hand in hand in the same volley, Enjolras pinned to the wall, standing, and Grantaire lying at his feet. Since the original publication of ""Les Misérables"" in 1862, the character of Enjolras has appeared in a number of adaptations in various media based on the novel, such as books, films, musicals, plays and games. Enjolras is featured in the ""Les Misérables"" stage musical. The musical omits much of the political background of the"
"(1976), ""My Fair Lady"" (1978) and ""Tomfoolery"" (1980). In 1981, he produced Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Cats"", then considered an unlikely subject for a musical. It became the hit of the season and went on to become one of the longest running musicals on both sides of the Atlantic. After the success of ""Cats"", he approached the French writing team Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil about bringing their musical ""Les Misérables"" (then a successful French concept album) to the London stage. The musical opened in 1985 at the Barbican before transferring to the Palace Theatre. ""Les Misérables"" had a shaky start"
"the Opera"" was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux written as a serialisation from 1909 to 1910. It is the longest running show in Broadway history. There are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, including ""Cats"", which was based on ""Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"" by T.S. Eliot and ""Les Misérables"", which was originally a historical novel by Victor Hugo. ""The Lion King"" was originally a Disney animated film and its theatrical adaptation has become the most successful musical in history. ""Chicago"" was adapted from a 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was a reporter and"
"Les Misérables (2000 miniseries) Les Misérables is a 2000 French television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The miniseries was broadcast in four parts. A three-hour English version was also released. This version is very true to Victor Hugo's novel. It maintains the setting, time period and covers the full arc of the story. Jean Valjean is released from prison on parole and finds life unbearable until Monseigneur Bienvenu covers his theft of silver and gives him two silver candle sticks. Valjean breaks his parole and makes a new life as a business man"
"responsible for ""Les Misérables"", which became the longest-running international musical hit in history. The team, in collaboration with Richard Maltby Jr., continued to produce hits, including ""Miss Saigon"", inspired by the Puccini opera ""Madama Butterfly"". The British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber saw similar success with ""Evita"", based on the life of Argentina's Eva Perón; ""Cats"", derived from the poems of T. S. Eliot (both of which musicals originally starred Elaine Paige); ""Starlight Express"", performed on roller skates; ""The Phantom of the Opera"", derived from the Gaston Leroux novel, ""Le Fantôme de l'Opéra""; and ""Sunset Boulevard"" (from the classic film of"
"Alain Boublil Alain Boublil (born 5 March 1941) is a French musical theatre lyricist and librettist, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg for musicals on Broadway and London's West End. These include: ""La Révolution Française"" (1973), ""Les Misérables"" (1980), ""Miss Saigon"" (1989), ""Martin Guerre"" (1996), ""The Pirate Queen"" (2006), and ""Marguerite"" (2008). Boublil was born in Tunisia, to a Sephardic Jewish family. Boublil's first musical, ""La Révolution Française"", was the first-ever staged French rock opera. It was conceived by Boublil in 1973 after he watched the premiere of ""Jesus Christ Superstar"" in New York. The composer"