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| curlyhairedsoprano91 |
Intergenerational Les Mis[soprano being silly and posting topics that don't make sense]I know Les Mis is a modern show suited for a modern style of singing. However ... if you had a time machine or something and could transport Les Mis back into the days when movie musicals were rampant, who would you like to see in what roles? I was watching this thing on PBS the other day about Hollywood Singing and Dancing, and I remember watching a clip from "Till the Cloud Roll By" (or maybe it was "Meet Me In St. Louis" ... I dont' remember) and thinking that if Les Mis were around when she was, Judy Garland would be Fantine (an amazing one). Kathryn Grayson would make a lovely Cosette, I think. As for Marius ... I think I could see a very young Sinatra singing the part well, if only he could act as well as he sang. Hahaha, this post is bizarre. [/bizarreness] |
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| mezzo_soprano |
Can Margret Hamiltion be Madame T? | ||
| curlyhairedsoprano91 |
Hahaha, of course! Perfect.[/i] | ||
| mastachen |
Bob Hope as Thernardier | ||
| Mistress |
I'd say Shirley Jones as Fantine...though I don't know if a Soprano could play a Mezzo role like that but maybe, maybe.
I think Hermione Gingold would also make a good Madame Thenardier, and I'd want to see Robert Preston in their somewhere, maybe as Thenardier. I think maybe Howard Keele could do Javert (his voice is deep sexiness XD)...I'm trying to figure out soemone for Valjean but I can't really think of anyone from the old days... |
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| curlyhairedsoprano91 |
Isn't Fantine more of an alto role than a mezzo role? She only sings up to an E5, I think, and all the way down to a D3 (in the finale).
Annnnyway, oh yes, Howard Keel as Javert sounds fabulously wonderful. On the subject of Oklahoma!, I would throw Gordon MacRae in there somewhere ... |
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| lesmisloony |
Frederic March.
I don't know who, when, or why, but I am in love with him. |
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| curlyhairedsoprano91 |
Yes you are ... |
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| Mistress |
I only love him when he picks up Fantine off the floor (for some reason that's that the only time he looks hot to me XD) |
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| lesmisloony |
Yep, that's an accurate depiction of his hotness, methinks. Because imdb won't let you hotlink (those fiends!): http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1049/Mptv/1049/0705-0724.jpg.html?hint=nm0545298 |