The theatrical version always has the best quality but the fims choose their cast for mass appeal

I think, among many elements, the best part of this performance is how their voices all blend perfectly together. You can make out each of their individual melody lines clearly, without losing the emotions.

Michael ball will always be Marius I’ll die on the hill

OMG Michael a Marius. No one gets anywhere near. Oh to be Eponine. Lea Salonga you lucky girl. Best Eponine also!

"If Team America faced Michael ball in North Korea that day, I would be the one singing empty chairs and empty tables." -Spottswoode

Always a Eponine, never a Cosette :/

I have this disk and anyone who likes Les Mis or Michael Ball should get it. I have played it 100x and still play it at least 3 times a day. ❤❤😊

Wow!!!

I feel bad for Eponine

Difference in singing a song and a true soul singing from the pain of their heart. Once the become their character their song is just a song.

This video really cuts Cosette’s solo parts in In My Life. She’s already very underrated in Les Mis fandom and her parts still gets cut 😡

레아 영원하라!!!

I honestly love the cross overs of the Les Mis productions here, or the Boulbil/Schonberg really. Michael Ball originated Marius in the West End production, Judy Kuhn originated Cosette in the Broadway production, while Lea played Eponine on the West End but originated Kim in "Miss Saigon" by the same production company.

I'm so emotionally moved by Lea aka eponine 😭

Just found this. So beautiful

Dear Michael

I wish his microphone was higher than his mouth like Leah’s.

@3:08

You can see Michael Ball's influence on Rob Houchen who took his role in "the staged concert." Rob comes close to it. Michael Ball and Alfie Boe hit it off great as Javert and Valjean. Lea Salonga always has and always will be my favorite Eponine. This was the role the led her to be cast as Kim in Miss Saigon.

I needed another dose of Michael!. Thank you!

I hope Mr. Ball knows he is in the presence of royalty: three Disney princesses, that is!

DEar Michael!

Katie Hall ist best Cosette and Fantine!! !!!

This is one of the songs I was asked to do for callbacks for my musical, and this is definitely the version I'll be practicing with! Marius does such a fantastic job!

Leah a famous

Dear Michael. You are the very BEST!!!!! Love you to bits!!!!

Ball. Leah.

Love Michael ball.

In my life She has burst like the music of angels The light of the sun And my life seems to stop As if something is over And something has scarcely begun. Eponine You're the friend who has brought me here Thanks to you I am at one with the Gods And Heaven is near! And I soar through a world that is new that is free Every word that he says is a dagger in me! In my life There's been no one like him anywhere Anywhere, where he is If he asked I'd be his In my life There is someone who touches my life Waiting near Waiting here A heart full of love A heart full of song I'm doing everything all wrong Oh God, for shame I do not even know your name Dear Mademoiselle Won't you say? Will you tell? A heart full of love No fear, no regret My name is Marius Pontmercy And mine's Cosette Cosette, I don't know what to say Then make no sound I am lost I am found! A heart full of love (He was never mine to lose) A heart full of you (Why regret what cannot be?) A single look and then I knew I knew it too (These are words he'll never say, not to me) From today (Not to me, no) Every day (His heart full of love) For it isn't a dream Not a dream after all (He will never feel this way)

I think this is a beautiful song sung with real emotion.

W O W ! ! !

Dear Michael.......

Micheal and Lea's chemistry is something..they look so good together.

I seriously got chills

Michael is the best Marius ever !!

Who is the Marius? Is Cosette an actress called Randi Graffiti?

"My name is Marius Pontmercy" - His expression was so cute, like a real person in love!!!

❤️❤️❤️

Marion

Only Michael Ball, Colm Wilkinson, Philip Quast and Lea Salonga can do justice to this incomparable musical score. There are many great musical collaborations but only one Les Mis. It simply shames Phantom or any contemporary production. In particular Quast as Javert and Salonga as Eponine. In my opinion the two greatest theatrical singers of all time. So good as to be beyond the absurd. Two goats in one magnificent production.

DEar Michael: You sing beautifully!

Lea Salonga is the best

Leah Salonga more than holds her own here. Incredible.

Dear Michael!!!!

Goooood that list chord

French version: Marius: In my life, I have seen the model God took When He made the angels above. There she is, my princess in the garden With the flower in her hand, it feels unreal! Eponine, you are the fairy who brought us together, And I pray, that happiness like mine comes into your life, The good Lord is sometimes like a great magician! Eponine: Every joy in his heart Puts an arrow in mine. In my life, There is no one in the world but him, If he asked, I would be his. Both: In my life, There is only one person who counts in my life. Marius: There she is! Eponine: There he is. Marius: A heart full of joy, A heart full of chimeras, I do not wish to anger her, O God! Forgive me, I do not even know your name, Dear mademoiselle, I am crazy! But she is beautiful! Cosette: A heart full of joy, Tell me who you are. Marius: My name is Marius Pontmercy Cosette: And I'm Cosette Marius: Cosette, I do not know what to say Cosette: Say nothing now. Marius: My heart trembles Cosette: As does mine Both: A heart full of love, In the span of this night, Marius: O flower in the garden of paradise, Cosette! Cosette! Cosette: Are you the prince I waited for? Marius: Is this a dream? Cosette: No, I am real Both: A heart full of love, Eponine: No these words are not for me, Marius & Cosette: A heart full of you. Eponine: I do not regret what cannot be, Marius: I waited for you, Eponine: He would never say these words Not to me. Cosette: As did I Eponine: Not to me, Not for me Marius & Cosette: This is a sweet dream, More than a dream, You and I. Eponine: His heart full of joy Would never beat Not for me.

Two girls one ball

what a trio of really beautfull singers when michael smiles them dimps gets you every time

Michael Ball is, and likely always will be, the best Marius. The man is so open in his singing and his face is so full of joy and that you can understand his sudden love without him seeming really stupid. Also I just miss when Marius was a baritone role.

Do anyone of you realise at 2:07, Eponine (or Lea) wipes her tears !!