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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Predicate Object
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

Éponine ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)