Notre Dame de Paris - The Age of the Cathedrals
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Notre-Dame de Paris is a French  musical which debuted  /ˈdeɪbjuːd/ on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) by the French novelist Victor Hugo. The music was composed by Riccardo Cocciante  [rikˈkardo kotˈtʃante] and the lyrics are by Luc Plamondon.

Since its debut, it has been professionally played in many countries. And has been translated into six languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Korean and Flemish. Several songs from the show, such as "Vivre", "Belle" and "Le temps des cathédrales", have been released as singles with a huge success in French speaking countries. Notre-Dame de Paris, according to the Guinness Book of Records, had the most successful first year of any musical ever.

The story is set in Paris in the year 1482. The poet Gringoire, who throughout the story acts not only as a participant but also as a sort of commentator, enters to set the scene for the story; he relates how Man has written his history in the building of the cathedrals ("Le Temps des Cathédrales").

Original Paris cast

• Hélène Ségara : Esmeralda
• Garou : Quasimodo
• Daniel Lavoie : Frollo
• Bruno Pelletier : Gringoire
• Patrick Fiori : Phoebus
• Luck Mervil : Clopin
• Julie Zenatti : Fleur-de-Lys

The Age of the Cathedrals

This is a tale that takes its place.
In Paris fair, this year of grace.
Fourteen hundred eighty two.
A tale of lust and love so true.

We are the artists of the time,
We dream in sculpture dream in rhyme.
For you we bring our world alive,
So something will survive.

From nowhere came the age of the cathedrals.
The old world began.
A new unknown thousand years.
For man just has to climb up where the stars are.
And live beyond life.
Live in glass and live in stone.

Stone after stone, day after day.
From year to year man had his way.
Men had built with faith and love.
These cathedrals rose above.

We troubadours and poets sing.
That love is all and everything.
We promise you, all human kind.
Tomorrow will be fine.

From nowhere came the age of the cathedrals.
The old world began.
A new unknown thousand years.
For man just has to climb up where the stars are.
And live beyond life.
Live in glass and live in stone.

From nowhere came the age of the cathedrals.
The old world began.
A new unknown thousand years.
For man just has to climb up where the stars are.
And live beyond life.
Live in glass and live in stone.

But it is doomed the age of the cathedrals.
Barbarians wait.
At the gates of Paris fair.
Oh let them in, these pagans and these vandals.
A wise man once said.
In two thousand, this world ends.
In two thousand, this world ends

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