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| Fantine |
First preview of the Dutch castI saw the very first promotion for this new cast yesterday. They weren't in costume but performed during the " Uitmarkt" in Amsterdam. They were very good! The only one I'm dissapointed with is Celine. What a miscast. If anyone ought to be Cosette it should have been her. Definitely NOT Eponine. They sang 'I Dreamed a Dream' and 'One Day More.' At first I was unsure about Nurlaila but boy, what immense power! She'll be booming out of the theatre in that role Smile I'm very exited.Rene sounds a lot like Henk Poort, the Javert seemed a bit uncertain in the role but well, that's natural in these early stages I suppose. The Cosette was someone I don't know but she was alright I think. Celine seemed an angry Eponine, which is good, as long as she doesn't overdo it. I feared for a cutesy 'Ponine with her in the role... The Thenardiers were alright, I was impressed with Enjolras (He's HOT!) I was VERY impressed by Jamai as Marius. He sounds like Michael Ball, he has a full and warm voice. (Which is SO good because I detest the light squaky voices of most Marii). And yeah, overly exited! I'll try finding a clip somewhere... EDIT: Here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZmHt_aiuUo (I have no sound, so I'm not sure if the quality of this unprofessional is good). I also posted this in the LM returns to the Netherlands next year, but I wasn't sure if anyone would check that still. |
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| Quique |
Ahh. Curse the people talking during the performance! lol.
They are using the original orchestrations there! Hopefully they changed their minds and won't be using the new ones. The cast sounds great. Can't wait to hear more of them. |
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| lostquiche |
Wow! I kinda skipped I Dreamed a dream, but it sounded pretty good. But One day More was Terrific! I love Marius....and Enjy...And Valjean, come to think of it. But Marius's voice was so velvety. 
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| Angel-of-Music |
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| Fantine |
Thank you for the info
I wonder who the regular Cosette is then... There's still a chance it may be Chantal Janzen... |
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| Fantine |
Updated cast list:
CAST Valjean: Ren� van Kooten Javert: Wim van den Driessche Fantine: Nurlaila Karim Marius: Jamai Loman Eponine: C�line Purcell Cosette: ? Enjolras: Freek Bartels Th�nardier: Carlo Boszhard Mme. Th�nardier: Marjolein Algera Montparnasse: Marcel Visscher UNDERSTUDIES Enjolras: Marcel Visscher Cosette: Afra Voesenek Madame Th�nadier: Hilke Bierman OTHER NAMES MENTIONED Hilke Bierman, Remko Harms, Gerben Grimmius, Barbara de Wit, Veerle Casteleyn, Richard Spijkers, Jurko van Veenendaal, Rutger Bulsing, Michelle Splietelhof |
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| lostquiche |
Isn't she in Cats? |
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| Angel-of-Music |
Indeed; she's currently playing Jemima. Cats is definitely closing on 7th Oct though - and won't transfer to Belgium anytime soon because there were casting problems. 
CAST Valjean: Ren� van Kooten Javert: Wim van den Driessche Fantine: Nurlaila Karim Mme. Th�nardier: Marjolein Algera Th�nardier: Carlo Boszhard Marius: Jamai Loman Eponine: C�line Purcell Cosette: ? Enjolras: Freek Bartels Bishop: Guido Gottenbos Montparnasse: Marcel Visscher Feuilly: Remko Harms UNDERSTUDIES/ALTERNATES Valjean: Richard Spijkers, Dirk Postma Javert: Richard Spijkers, Guido Gottenbos Fantine: Fanny Drenthe Mme. Th�nardier: Hilke Bierman Eponine: Suzan Seegers (she's up for Evita so maybe she won't be in Les Mis at all) Cosette: Afra Voesenek Enjolras: Marcel Visscher SWINGS Niels Jacobs OTHER NAMES MENTIONED Gerben Grimmius, Barbara de Wit, Veerle Casteleyn, Jurko van Veenendaal, Rutger Bulsing, Michelle Splietelhof, Evi Mastbooms |
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| Fantine |
Are you Dutch? | ||||
| Angel-of-Music |
Yup. 
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| Fantine |
Where do you live? | ||||
| lostquiche |
Ah, thanks! Love your avatar by the way! |
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| aeschylean |
Here's a higher quality video of the Uitmarkt performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIdEkUM2gDI |
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| Fantine |
Ah yes, that is the official recording. | ||||
| Angel-of-Music |
@ Fantine - I'm from Roosendaal. You? |
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| Fantine |
Really? It looked more like Mungojerrie to me.
I originated from Zeeland but currently live in Leiden to attend Uni. |
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| marloesje |
Hello to all, Here under Alternates/Understudies in lesson Miserables Valjean: Richard Spijkers, Dirk Postma Javert: Richard Spijkers, Guido Gottenbos Marius: Remko Harms, Pieter van Nieuwehuyze Enjolras: Marcel Visscher Cosette: Manon Novak, Afra Voesenek Fantine: Janneke van Duijnhoven Eponine: Maudy Bremer, Tashka Cijntje, Barbara de Wit Monsieur Th�nardier: Jochem Feste Roozemond, Gerben Grimmius Madame Th�nardier: Hilke Bierman (1e), Kirsten Cools |