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Marguerite
by Original London Cast
from Warner Music TV

Features:

• Cast Recording
• Import
• Soundtrack

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• From the creators of "Les Miz" (sort of)...
  "Marguerite" is the first Boublil and Schonberg musical to have, well, little to do with Boublil and Schonberg. Despite the attachment of the creators of "Les Miserables" (they came up with the idea and worked on the book), the score of "Marguerite" is by French composer Michel Legrand and the English Lyrics are by Herbert Kretzmer. Still, there is a similarity in the sweeping theatricality here to the best of Schonberg's music. This is a lavishly melodic, frequently ravishing score.
  The musical takes... more info

• One of the most heartfelt, beautiful musicals to come out in the last decade
  Marguerite is a beautiful new musical with a story from the creators of Miss Saigon - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent, and music by the triple oscar winner, Michel Legrand. The story is a retelling of Dumas' "La Dame aux Camélias," set in Paris, during World War II. Marguerite, is a 40 year old ex-singer, who is living with a Nazi officer. She falls in love with a young pianist half her age, and they have an affair, which is doomed from the start. The cast is fantastic... more info

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