Monday, May 31, 2010

Seville will host the auditions Monday for the musical 'Les Miserables'

The producer of 'Mamma Mia! and 'Chicago' premiere in Madrid on November 18, the new version of the work • The 'casting' could be extended another day depending on the number of candidates

The production company Stage Entertainment, responsible for the rise of music in Spain thanks to Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia! or Chicago, you will find interpreters in Seville on Monday for its new production, a renewed version of Les Miserables which incorporates some changes to mark the 25th anniversary of the work and to be released on 18 November at the Teatro Lope de Vega de Madrid. Hearing in the Andalusian capital (Seville Spain), for which have already been registered over a hundred people, will be held in the Performing Arts Center (Cano y Cueto, 15), although those interested should register in advance on the web www.losmiserables.es. According to this newspaper reported yesterday from the promoter of the show, the evidence would be extended to Tuesday if this weekend greatly increases the number of candidates.

In the page where you can join the candidates, Stage Entertainment details the characteristics required for each character in this adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel. Thus, one of the protagonists of the action, the ex-convict Jean Valjean, the production demands an actor between 35 and 40 years, "a powerful figure, the ideal is a big man of passion. The voice needs to have a pop sound -rock or classic sound of outstanding clarity textual "he said. For the antagonist, Javert, a policeman "obsessed to irrationality, with a rigid and unforgiving moral code" casting organizers believe that "voice and lyrical classical belt can fit into this character," but, nuance, the interpreter "should be darker quality Valjean. " With regard to female characters, Fantine, "earthy and soulful", suffers various transformations over the plot, is "a beggar, a prostitute, a dying woman and a ghost" - requires a remarkable variety of records, for Cosette seeking a girl between 18 and 25 years, "the younger the better ', which requires a" voice light, young character, flute, good vibrato. "

Les Misérables, "the longest musical" after 25 years in the lineup, has been seen by more than 56 million viewers around the world. Thinking of the public who repeated, the producer Cameron Mackintosh to add to the scenery and sets new proposal inspired by designs of Victor Hugo himself. This version currently accounts for a few weeks at the Paris Théâtre du Châtelet and will, also for a brief period in September at the Barbican in London. Spain will be the first country to incorporate permanently to your bulletin this review of Les Miserables ..

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