FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SERBIA!
THE ORIGINAL MUSICAL IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE!
- More than 15 million viewers
- Sold more than 19 million copies of the album
- More than 5000 performances
- Used more than 200 tons of decorations
The legendary French musical entered the Guinness Book of Records
Only from February 14 to 17, 2025, on the Sava Center stage.
The Serbian audience will have the opportunity to hear the famous "Belle," "Danse mon Esmeralda," and "Le temps des cathédrales" in the musical in French. In February 2016, it was announced that the creators would revive the original version of the musical. The world premiere was held in the fall of that year at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The show was a huge success: the musical ran for eight consecutive weeks, and tickets were sold out months before the premiere.
"Notre Dame de Paris" is a great example of the unprecedented success of the French musical in the world. According to the number of tickets sold in the first year of the performance, the French version entered the Guinness Book of Records. The legendary "Belle" was recognized as the best song of the 20th century in France and the best song of the decade in Russia.
The legendary musical in French will be shown in Belgrade.
"Notre Dame de Paris" is a legendary French-Canadian musical by Riccardo Cocciante and Luc Plamondon
based on Victor Hugo's novel "The Church of Our Lady in Paris". The premiere of the performance was held in Paris in 1998, after which more than 12 million people in various countries of the world saw the performance. During the 20 years of the musical's existence, more than 11 million copies of CDs and DVDs were sold, more than 5000 performances were performed in 20 countries. The play was performed in 9 languages!
The original version of the musical "Notre Dame" includes 200 tons of decorations, which are transported in 7 mega-trailers.
AUTHORS OF THE MUSICAL
LUC PLAMONDON
Author Librettist
One of the most famous French-language librettists and lyricists. In 1969, after seeing the musical Hair on Broadway, Plamondon realized that musical theater was his calling. In collaboration with the French composer Bergé in 1978, Luc Plamondon released his first musical "Starmania," which won him four "Felix" awards. The work on the play "Sand et les romantiques" had a special significance: it was during its creation that the creative duo Luc Plamondon and Riccardo Cocciante was born, who in 1998 delighted France, and then the whole world, with the musical "Notre Dame de Paris." Luc Plamondon continued to write lyrics.
RICCARDO COCCIANTE
Composer
In his youth, Riccardo Cocciante became interested in opera and classical music. Soon, Riccardo led his group "The Nations", and in his spare time he began to teach himself how to play the piano. After several years of experiments, Cocciante began work on his first solo album, which was recorded in 1972 in Italy, and in 1994 he released the album "Greatest Hits" — a collection of more than twenty years of work. The album "Instant present", released in 1995, was the creation of Cocciante and Plamondon. The highlight of their collaboration is undoubtedly the musical based on Victor Hugo's novel "Notre Dame de Paris".
GILLES MAHEU
Director
A multidisciplinary artist, actor, director, professor, choreographer, and film director, Gilles Maheu has been one of the leading directors in Canada and abroad for 40 years. Together with his troupe "Carbone 14", he performed in more than thirty countries around the world and received more than forty prestigious awards, including the award for the creation of the play "Dead Souls" in 1996. In 1995, he directed the film "Skin, Flesh and Bones", which received a prestigious award at the Montreal International Film Festival. For the direction of "Notre Dame de Paris", the director received the award for the best stage production in Canada and Italy.
MARTINO MÜLLER
Choreographer
Already known as a dancer and skater in Amsterdam, Martino Muller mastered the profession of choreographer. His first success in this field was a collaboration with the Karlsruhe Ballet in Germany. Müller created choreography on prestigious stages such as the Ballet of the Lyon Opera, the Berlin Opera, the National Ballet of Croatia, the Stuttgart Ballet, and the Ballets of Gothenburg, Basel and Bern, the Theater of Lucerne, and the Israel Opera. "Notre Dame de Paris" is Muller's first choreography for a musical, resulting in a Canadian Award for Best Choreography for a Musical.
CHRISTIAN RATZ
Scenographer
Graduated from the Lyon and Strasbourg School of Fine Arts. Creator of numerous sets in opera houses in France and abroad. For example, for productions such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Dialogues of the Carmelites", "The Child and the Spell", "The Trojans", "Benvenuto Cellini". Among his works at the State Opera of Lausanne are "Dido and Aeneas", "The Soldier's Tale", "Werther". In the Swiss theater Mézières - "The Papal Coronation", "Eugene Onegin" and "The Magic Flute". Production of "Dibbuk" at the National Theater of Belgium. "Iphigenia on Taurida" at the National Opera of Wales and Frankfurt. "Serajlija" and "Jenufa" in Tel Aviv.
ALAIN LORTIE
Lighting designer
For thirty years, Alain Lortie has been in love with his profession. He began his career collaborating with well-known and diverse Canadian artists, including Michèle Lemieux, Marie Chouinard and Édouard Lock. In addition, he creates light scores for singers from Quebec and Europe, including Jean-Pierre Ferland, Diane Dufresne, Robert Charlebois, Peter Brian Gabriel, Francis Cabrel i Eros Ramazzotti. Alain has been named "Light Score Creator of the Year" many times. He won the Golden Mask Award for the lighting score for Dead Souls and the prestigious Dora Mavor Moore Award in Toronto for the lighting of Oedipus Rex.
The production involved more than 70 people, including actors, dancers, acrobats and technical staff.
The long-awaited French version of the musical will be presented to the Bulgarian audience. The best artists and dancers are selected from various countries of the world. Hiba Tawaji, a young star from Lebanon, was invited to participate in the premiere in Paris in the role of Esmeralda. A finalist of the French version of the show "The Voice", Hiba has already recorded two solo albums, which immediately became popular. The role of Quasimodo was performed by Angelo Del Vecchio, who previously played the hunchback in English and Italian. The legendary Daniel Lavoie, star of the Canadian stage, famous for his first performance of this role, shone in the role of Frol in the Paris Palace of Congress. The director and choreographer of the renewed version of the musical is Gilles Maheu, known for his productions in Canada and abroad.
