Val4Gareth Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 From a new member on the OS Just back from Paris - I saw Les Mis on Friday - I have to say it is not one of my favourite musicals BUT I adored the show.My first time at Chatelet - a lovely theatre. Once I have recovered from a very hectic weekend I will start looking to book to see it again in a few weeks and hopefully on the last day. Gareth was amazing! (as were all the cast) Eli x And this is Philippe's report of the show hello all seen the show thursday (i'm french and live near paris). I've already seen it in london and broadway...but this tour is the best production ever! The new designs are great and the cast is incredible. Will go back for one of the last performances ..and maybe more if I find the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks Val, fro bringing the photos over and the report from Philippe. Gareth looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val4Gareth Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Not watched this yet, so I don't know what the quality is like, but Philippe has posted up a video from this morning So ...here's the "Empty Chairs" Video from this morning (from my iphone). Sorry, i don't have the first 15 seconds.http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JW12RPWO Enjoy all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorral Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks Val,it is taking ages to download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenjo Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Not watched this yet, so I don't know what the quality is like, but Philippe has posted up a video from this morning Thanks Val for bringing it over - I tried to open the link on the OS and am getting the message - The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable - has anyone managed to open it yet? Perhaps someone could ask Philippe if there is a problem. I would, but still can't log on to OS site so have to content myself with "read only". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val4Gareth Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 It does take a little while to download, but its well worth it. You have to put the four characters at the top of the page in before you can download Jenjo. Don't know if that is what your problem is. Gareth felt every single word he was singing there. He's such a fabulous performer, you can actually believe him to be in the situation he's singing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorral Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks Val for bringing it over - I tried to open the link on the OS and am getting the message - The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable - has anyone managed to open it yet? I had difficulty downloading the file,I had to download a programme that windows found for me,it's playing through I-tunes now. Lovely to see Gareth singing,suprised at how different it sounded on the radio this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 That was lovely, being able to see Gareth sing, a big thanks to Philippe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorksheather Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks for posting Val . It's great that we are getting all this feedback from Paris, I was unable to listen this morning . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thanks Val for bringing it over - I tried to open the link on the OS and am getting the message - The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable - has anyone managed to open it yet? I can't see how to open this file either? You know with me it has to literally be step by step instructions. Have to say isn't this absolutely wonderful that someone has been to see Gareth live in Paris and the very same day we have a recording of it. How blooming fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Eternal, you have to copy the symbols on the right hand top corner, and then you see it counting down a few seconds and you wait until that is finished, then you click on download. It takes about 17 min, but its worth it to see Gareth sing Empty tables at the radio studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenjo Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Yes, finally managed to download it!!! Worth the wait. Thank you so much Phillipe!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Eternal, you have to copy the simbles on the right hand top corner, and then you see it counting down a few seconds and you wait until that is finished, then you click on download. It takes about 17 min, but its worth it to see Gareth sing Empty tables at the radio studio. Yes, Yes, Yes I have seen it. Wow how brilliant. Thanks so much for the help everyone. Hyper mode. (I had to watch it side view, could I have turned it round somehow? Didn't want to mess in case I lost it altogether) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flower Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Gareth and John was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val4Gareth Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 A fantastic studio version of Empty Chairs has been added to YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awb0XSbQXFk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Thanks Val, its fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I think it might be Philippe who has put them up, he also has the On my own and Bring him Homw they sang on the Paris radio station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flower Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 It was fabolous. Thanks Val. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdrop Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think it might be Philippe who has put them up, he also has the On my own and Bring him Homw they sang on the Paris radio station. I think you might be right - I've not had the chance to listen back to the French Radio version, but it's the only "studio" they've been in and it is a bit of a coincidence that it is those three songs. Has anyone managed a compare and contrast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 This is one review from Paris (Think it may be from a Katie Hall fan)!! http://www.frange-et-moustache.fr/2010/06/les-miserables-au-theatre-du-chatelet/ Anyway, Gareth is a convincing Marius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorksheather Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks Eternal for the link, that was good to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternal Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 There's a rather nice mention of Gareth here on this review http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://blissinthecity.fr/les-miserables-au-chatelet/&prev=http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/blogsearch%3Fclient%3Dnews%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF-8%26as_drrb%3Dq%26as_qdr%3Dd%26q%3Dgareth%2Bgates%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN Gareth Gates, singer revealed by Pop Idol (Nouvelle Star version) manages to forget the side of Marius twink (yes, sorry, I do not like this character in the novel!) To make it more warm and endearing romantic manic and passionate student. I'm not sure about the manic but the endearing, romantic and passionate will do for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorksheather Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Thanks for finding that excellent review from Paris Eternal, which I enjoyed reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelda Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 singers are all excellent They sure are. Thanks for finding this. Interesting to read that a lot of people expected it to be sang in french. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdrop Posted June 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Thanks for finding that - very good, and yes, it's funny that some people thought it would all be in French. Perhaps not that surprising as the actual name is in French. I'm not sure about the manic but the endearing, romantic and passionate will do for me I wouldn't place too much emphasis on the online translator's description as "manic" - the word in the text is survolté, which literally means "overcharged", but when describing a person more commonly means "over-excited", for which you could simply exchange "enthusiastic" and I don't think anyone would disagree with that. My french teacher always said that when doing a translation you should throw away your dictionary, which is a bit extreme, but the lesson was that you shouldn't just insert what appears to be the precise translation of a word, because many words don't have an absolute, single translation into another language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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