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it was the big hoo haa of Susan Boyle, the 47 year old scottish lady who surprised everyone by her stunning performance of the song from Les Miserables, "I Dreamed a Dream", at "Britains Got Talent 2009" that led me search for more songs from the musical from you tube...and found the set of videos of the 10th Anniversary Concert...and want to share a couple of the songs that are now my favorites....

[Les Miserables] 10th anniversary - I Dreamed a Dream - performed by Ruthie Henshall as "Fantine"...her voice, the expressions, the lyrics of the song...brought me to tears...


[Les Miserables] 10th anniversary - On My Own - performed by Lea Salonga as "Eponine"...just simply beautiful....


this being one of ming's favorite musicals, he insisted that i should consider watching it...but no...as much as i love the songs and the singing was beautiful...the story line and settings is just so sad, i might really have to bring a few boxes of tissues into the theatre....
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Posted on Apr. 16th, 2009 at 11:52 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]happyqile

ooh thanks for posting these videos! Les Miz was in Sg when i was a student (too long ago!) there were heavily discounted student tix for a matinee to encourage students to watch it. i went and used up all my tissue paper! but it moved me so much i went to buy another student tix to watch it again! for a long time after that, i wanted to name my daughter Eponine! lol!
Posted on Apr. 16th, 2009 04:58 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]l1sh

Crying is theraphetic right? :)

I want to watch a musical again, sometime, eventually.
Posted on Apr. 16th, 2009 07:53 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jinsiew

hey, cats is coming...or was it here already? :)
Posted on Apr. 17th, 2009 02:46 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]l1sh

Cats came, went, and coming again ha ? :)

I want to watch (i don't know what), hopefully when I am able to leave E at home without her waking up crying big time in the morning.
Posted on Apr. 17th, 2009 08:12 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]jinsiew

wow...TWICE!! must be very cheap the student tix here? we also bought student tix in oz but could only afford to watch each musical once...and i heard there are people who go such extra miles, to actually take overnight train ride say from melbourne to sydney to stay a weekend just to watch a musical...
Posted on Apr. 17th, 2009 02:48 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]parentingjoy

I watched it TWICE in Singapore. I prefer this to the Phantom of the Opera. I think that one was highly overrated and incredibly boring. I should go and read the book though cos the musical might not have done justice to the book.
Posted on Apr. 17th, 2009 02:05 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jinsiew

ming said the same...he fell asleep during phantom!! :) he also preferred miss saigon but he cried...oops...he said he did not cry, he only teared...
Posted on Apr. 17th, 2009 02:47 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]sonday

I watched Cats in London in the 1980s hahaha ..
Then, I remembered I didn't watch Phantom coz of the 'ghost' and Les Miserables coz it was so miserable - we were in the middle of a Contiki Europe tour then .. *sigh* those were the young & carefree days man!
Posted on Apr. 17th, 2009 01:49 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jinsiew

yes ah...i so miss those carefree days!! hehehe.... :)
Posted on Apr. 21st, 2009 08:39 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]gillianang

it's my ALL TIME favourite MUSICAL.
I have the CD if you would like to listen to all the songs...;-)
Posted on Apr. 20th, 2009 05:01 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jinsiew

thanks...think i am happy to watch it from youtube lah...very sad the songs, cannot listen to the CD all the time :)
Posted on Apr. 21st, 2009 08:39 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply