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Claude-Michel Schönberg
12+ albums
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Claude-Michel Schönberg (born July 6, 1944 in Vannes, France) is a French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer. These include the musicals: * La Révolution Française (1973) * Les Misérables (1980 french version- 1985 english version) * Miss Saigon (1989) * Martin Guerre (1996) * Wuthering Heights (ballet 2001) * The Pirate Queen (2006) * Marguerite (2009) Schönberg began his career as a record producer and a singer. By the early 1970s he had become successful. He wrote most of the music for the French musical and rock opera, La Révolution Française, France's first rock opera, in 1973, and also played the role of King Louis XVI in the show's production that year. In 1974 he wrote the music and the lyrics of the song "Le Premier Pas", which became the number 1 popular song in France that year and sold over 1 million copies. Le Premier Pas was produced by Franck Pourcel. He recorded albums as a singer until 1985. Schönberg then made an album in which he sang his own songs. In 1978, he dedicated his full attention to musicals when he and Alain Boublil conceived the idea for a stage musical version of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, which opened at the Palias de Sports in Paris in 1980. The musical opened to acclaim in London in 1985 and on Broadway in 1987. The Broadway production was nominated for twelve Tony Awards and won eight, including Best Musical and Best Original Score . In 1989, Schönberg and
top songs
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Sun And Moon - Original London Cast Recording/1989
6,4542Le Premier Pas
5,9303Do You Hear the People Sing?
5,8564I Dreamed a Dream
5,8375Master of the House
4,6906Stars
4,4607Bring Him Home
4,3118I'd Give My Life For You - Original London Cast Recording/1989
4,0139Look Down
3,89110At the End of the Day
3,556albums
Les Misérables (Original 1985 London Cast Recording)
Les Misérables (10th Anniversary Concert Live at Royal Albert Hall)
Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording (Original Cast Recording / Deluxe)
Les Misérables Live! (2010 London Cast Recording)
Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording
![Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) [Live from the Gielgud Theatre, London]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/aebd89a58b5b202270458ba4e04f02b7.png)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) [Live from the Gielgud Theatre, London]
Highlights From Miss Saigon
Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Les Misérables (The Complete Symphonic Recording)
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Les Misérables: Original Broadway Cast (disc 1)
Les Plus Belles
Les Misérables: Original London Cast (disc 2)