Ad for Notre Dame de Paris at Crocus City Hall

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzoMpJy3pXQ

So here is a question. How many Casts are used in this ad?

My Guess is 4; London (audio), Original French dvd, 2005 Asian Tour Cast, and the Russian Cast (I believe I spotted Alexander Postolenko as Gringoire at 21 seconds).

So the ad doesn’t use the cast that will be performing the play but here is a follow-up question. Which member of the World Tour Cast is in the ad?

 

If you said Matt Laurent, you’re obessed with Notre Dame de Paris, Good for you!

Bonus Videos

 

 

World Tour Cast Videos

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Richard Charest as Gringoire singing Ages of the Cathedrals.

I think he sounds pretty good in English.

And news coverage (can hear Charest, Carlye, and Ferrari singing)

2012 Asian Tour Pictures

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Notre Dame de Paris World Tour Cast

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According to http://www.crocus-hall.ru/events/notre this is the cast list for the World Tour of Notre Dame de Paris, which has a lot of former cast members.

Alessandra Ferrari as Esmeralda picture image

Alessandra Ferrari as Esmeralda

Quasimodo – Matt Laurent
Esmeralda – Alessandra  Ferrari
Gringoire – Matteo Setti Richard Charest
Phoebus – Yvan Pedneault
Frollo – Robert Marien
Fleur de Lys – Elica MacKenzie
Clopin- Ian Carlyle

 

A Ghoulish Esmeralda Costume

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Helene Segara as Esmeralda in the Prison dress Notre Dame de Paris design Fred Sathal picture image

Helene Segara as Esmeralda in the Prison dress design Fred Sathal Notre Dame de Paris

Here an idea for the lady who loves Notre Dame de Paris and wants to combine it into a ghoulish Halloween Costume.

Make the white dress she wears in the second act. I would suggest Butterick 5710 or Simplicity 1909 for the dress. Just add some flutter sleeve by cutting the sleeve bigger and gathering it along the shoulder and add ruffle to the bottom. Ruffle are easy to make. Click here for a tutorial. Of course you model after the Italian production which the dress was plain and white. I would suggest Simplicity 2247.

Then buy a fake nooseto either wear or carry add some undead make-up and voila a Ghoul Notre Dame de Paris Esmeralda.

Varations – You could get a plain white chemise and be book Esmeralda or make a shredded version of the Notre Dame dress and apply some Zombie Makeup and be Zombie Esmeralda. A Zombie Esmeralda could also be a applied to the Disney version as well.

The Undead Notre Dame de Paris Esmeralda is a costume I would make for Halloween.

 

Former Notre Dame de Paris Cast members in Romeo et Juliette

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Romeo et Juliette 2012 Japan Tour promotion image picture

Romeo et Juliette 2012 Japan Tour promotion

The very Popular French Musical Romeo et Juliette is touring is Japan. And guess which two Notre Dame de Paris alumni are in it? The answer is Cyril Niccolai and Candice Parise.

 

Cyril Niccolai as Romeo picture image

Cyril Niccolai as Romeo

Niccolai who is playing Romeo played Gringoire in the 2001 Morgdor cast. He has also been Benvolio in a previous Romeo et Juliette cast.

 

Candice Parise image picture

Candice Parise

Parise  who played Esmeralda in the 2011-2012 Asian Tour cast is the understudy for Juliette. Juliette is played by Joy Esther who was married to Damien Sargue who played Romeo in the original cast and also was the understudy for Gringoire and Phoebus in the original cast of Notre Dame de Paris.

Takarazuka version Romeo et Juliette picture image

Takarazuka version Romeo et Juliette

 

Also this isn’t the first the version of Romeo et Juliette has been performed in Japan. The did a 2010 version  and  The world famous Takarazuka troupe did a version of it. The Takarazua is an all female  musical troupe. It probadly won’t happen but I can’t help but to hope that they will perform a version of Notre Dame de Paris.

Pick Your Artist Game: Notre Dame de Paris version

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Helene Segara performing Bohemienne as Esmeralda Notre Dame de Paris picture image

Helene Segara performing Bohemienne as Esmeralda Notre Dame de Paris

Do you remember those Facbook games where you had to pick an artist and using their song titles you had to answer questions. Well I found an old file of one of those that I did using songs from Notre Dame de Paris.

Pick Your Artist: NDdP

Are you a boy or a girl:
Ou est-elle? ( where is she)

Describe yourself:
Bohemienne

How do you feel:
a boire ( a drink)

Describe where you currently live:
ma maison c’est ta maison

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Florence

Your favorite form of transportation:
les oiseaux qu’on met en cage

Your best friend is:
le pape des fous

What’s the weather like:
Tu vas me detruire

Your favorite time of day:
un matin tu dansais

If your life was a tv show, what would it be called:
le Proces

What is life to you:
Le fete des fous

Your last relationship was:
La torture

Your current relationship:
Liberes

Your biggest fear:
Fatalite

What is the best advice you have to give:
Dieu  que le monde est injuste

If you could change your name, you would change it to:
Belle

How I would like to die:
Dechire

My soul’s present condition:
Anarkia

My motto:
Vivre

So questions work better than others