Customer Reviews
Unique & Superb 
2008-07-13
Cast members from the World join on stage and remain throughout this unique performance. Such does not detract; rather the performance is enhanced by the witnesses, who are our surrogates, to their own stunning performance. We all see and hear Victor Hugo's message transmitted with clarity of life's revolution taking place within and around each one of us. The ending will send chills down the back of the most cynical critic of the theater.
Great Music, Fantastic Cast 2008-07-02
This performance does indeed have the dream cast. The roles are played to perfection. The bonus information is most interesting. To think that the critics panned the original stage performance, although the public loved it. Les Mis is truely one of the greatest musicals ever composed. There is one disappointment, however. The Tenth Anniversary Concert, as seen on PBS, included a special encore presenting actors who played Jean Valjean in productions from 17 different countries, each stepping up to sing a line, or two, of "Do You Here the People Sing" in his own language. This encore was omitted from the DVD, although it was included on the CD of this concert. I can see this encore only on my own VCR of the concert. Too bad.
Little People Skip 
2008-06-28
I love Les Mis and I love this concert but I am extremely disappointed with this DVD. They cut out a verse from Little People that was in the original concert!
Instead of
Liar!
Good evening, dear inspector
Lovely evening, my dear.
I know this man, my friends
His name is Inspector Javert
So don't believe a word he says
'Cause none of it's true
we get
Liar!
So don't believe a word he says
'Cause none of it's true
Which makes no sense. And makes me very sad. I waited so long to get this on DVD and Gavroche is one of my favorite characters so to have some of his part cut really sucks. :< I don't know if this was intentional or not but GRRRRR.
"Dream Cast" is a perfect description 2008-06-18
There is no doubt that this is the best production of the musical ever done. Casting is superb, and the performances of these professionals are full of the passion you would expect from actors immersed in their characters and at the top of their musical form. Movies have never captured the essence of Hugo's masterpiece, and some have been an outright offense to Hugo's work, but the musical productions are able to tap into the emotion much better and much deeper. This particular performance, even without the drama of a set or the progression of the musical play, captures the heart and mind beyond any expectation. It is not just recommended; it's a must see!
Great Music... Great Story... BUT I would really like the full musical to be brought to DVD 
2008-06-16
I love Les Miserables.... it's my favorite fictional story ever told. i love the musical even more. The music was so inspired and keeps you singing the tunes for days...weeks... even years after hearing it.
The musical is great that being said I don't understand why they would market it in the concert format. As good as the music is by itself it's even better to have the actions etc along with it. I've been hoping for ten years for them to bring the full musical to DVD and it looks like I'll still be waiting for what I really want.
LesMiz 2008-06-09
A performance of Les Miserables by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall for a 10th Anniversary Concert celebration.Running Time: 147 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/BBC UPC: 883929005949 Manufacturer No: 1000036352
purchase of Les Miserables 10th Anniv Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall 2008-05-28
Les Miserables - The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert at London's Royal Albert Hall
My purchase was easy. The DVD arrived on time, well packed and in perfect condition. It is spectacular. The quality is outstanding. This DVD has everything I wanted and more. It contains all the songs, and enough re-inactment of the musical that I felt as if I was watching Les Miserables again. There is a tremendous finale followed by a performance from 17 different Jean Val Jean(s) from various countries!
The DVD offers the viewer the ability to pull the lyrics up on the screen or turn them off. You have the ability to jump from Act I to Act II. You may also view by song title and go straight to that song to view from that point forward (or jump around). It is remarkable!
I could not ask for more!!
review Les Miserables 2008-05-27
I enjoyed this DVD very much and I am very happy to have it in my library of favorite shows, however I was very dissapointed that the "parade" of past Jean ValJeans was cut short. I was looking foward to that and felt that it was one of highlights that was missing.
Ann
Minnesota
There is no exuse for the poor quality of this release. 
2008-05-27
While it is nice to have this on DVD, with a widescreen picture, it isn't enough to make up for the poor quality of everything else that comes along with this release. In fact, the video quality isn't better in any way to the original VHS release.
Les Mis is one of my favourite musicals and I listen to the concert CD soundtrack all the time. I was looking forward to getting this on DVD so that I could watch it with DVD quality audio, which would be a vast improvement over the original VHS release. Boy, was I ever wrong with that assumption.
The audio is embarassingly terrible, with actual distortion in the mix. The original 2CD soundtrack to the concert sounds infinitely better, so there is no excuse for a new DVD release to actually sound worse. Somehow, they managed it with this.
And the commemorative booklet that comes inside is a joke! Grainy screenshots and the same old regurgitated text does not a commemorative booklet make. Once again the packaging doesn't live up to the CD packaging, which came with a marvelous booklet that was truly special.
And then there is the issue of footage being cut out which is, quite simply, a blunder of the highest order. Skip this, send the message that this travesty of a release should not be tolerated.
A real treasure! 2008-05-11
Having seen Les Miserables in London years ago I fell in love with what I consider the greatest musical of all times. I saw the 10th anniversary concert on PBS and once again was overwhelmed. Now, the concert is available on DVD and I can't be strong enough in my encouragement for you to buy this concert. The talent involved is the very best. It is such an encouraging and moving story of forgiveness performed by some of the greatest who performed in the musical in past years. How they got all these people together for this one great performance at London;s Royal Albert Hall is a work of genius. You will not be disappointed. This is a real keeper and you'll play it over and over. What talent...what music...what joy!!!!
