The legendary "Paris Cathedral" returns to the big stages of Lithuania this year.
"This is the most beautiful love story ever written. "Paris Cathedral" has achieved all possible musical records in Lithuania and Europe. Every time I sing in this musical, I feel like it's the first time - I relive this wonderful story over and over again," says Deividas Norvilas, who performs the roles of Quasimodo and Gringoire.
"When I first heard "Paris Cathedral" I thought that those who can perform such beautiful music are blessed. At that time, the musical genre was not popular in Lithuania, so participating in such a project was more of a dream than a reality. Today it has come true in abundance - I have been singing in this musical for 16 years. I am very happy that I have such an opportunity, that the music is able to touch the hearts of not only mine, but also the hearts of fans of this genre!", - says Raimondas Baranauskas, the star of "Paris Cathedral".
The musical "Paris Cathedral" is based on Victor Hugo's classic novel published in 1831. This is a story about the young gypsy Esmeralda's heart torn by love and passion, about the struggle between evil and good, about care and devotion, the clash of pride and virtue. Esmeralda's fate is tragic, but eternal love and pure feelings for her remain smoldering in the heart of the hunchbacked bell ringer Quasimodo until the end of his life.
Some interesting facts about the musical:
- For the first time in 1998 the musical was performed at the Palais de Congrès in Paris;
- Recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the best-selling musical, with sales of around 7 million units in French-speaking countries alone;
- The main single of this work "Belle" (lit. "Beautiful"), which took the first place in the "Top 10" of French music, stayed there for 33 weeks and was recognized as the most beautiful song created in 50 years;
- The music was created by Richard Cocciante, one of the most famous French composers and performers;
- It is one of the most successful musicals, which has been shown in more than 20 countries, held more than 5000 performances, and was seen by more than 15 million people;
– The musical has been translated into 8 languages.
Director: Ramūnas Marcinkus
Starring:
Quasimodo – Raimondas Baranauskas, Deividas Norvilas
Gringoire – Rokas Laureckis, Eimantas Bešėnas
Febus – Mindaugas Zimkus, Rokas Laureckis, Aleksandras Dirmantas
Fluer De Lys – Ingrida Kažemėkaitė
Clopin – Vladas Kovaliov, Domas Saulevičius
Frol - Zhan Voronov
Esmeralda – Akvilė Garbenčiūtė, Austėja Lukaitė, Ieva Barbora Juozapaitytė
