⭐ THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME VIDEO RELEASED – OVER 100 PERFORMERS COME TOGETHER FOR VIRTUAL RENDITION OF DISNEY CLASSIC ⭐
Over 100 UK performers have come together in a special virtual performance of “The Bells of Notre Dame” from Disney’s iconic animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
“The Bells of Notre Dame” is the opening number from the 1996 Disney motion picture The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
This version has recorded by an 100+ strong cast (listed below) who were provided with backing tracks, sheet music and vocal lines to practice to and record remotely at home to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines.
The number is performed with the permission and support of the Walt Disney company and Alan Menken, who eagerly Tweeted about the performance.
The main cast includes Matt Bateman (The Phantom of the Opera) as Clopin, Lee Van Geleen (Only Fools and Horses) as Frollo and Luke McCall (Les Miserables) as the Arch Deacon.
The ensemble includes Rebecca Gilliland (Wicked), Sabrina Aloueche (We Will Rock You), Sam Toland (Bat Out of Hell), Corrine Priest, (Les Miserables) Michael Vinsen (Hairspray) Scott Sutcliffe (Wicked), Paul Hutton (Bedknobs and Broomsticks), Lucyelle Cliffe (Legally Blonde), Maggie Lynn (Wicked), Rebecca Riddout (Phantom of the Opera), Matt McDonald (Titanic), Danny Colligan (Book of Mormon), Brian McCann (Jesus Christ Superstar), Danny Lane (Parade) Christopher Orton (The Hired Man), Jess Daley (Evita), Aoife Clesham (Fiver), Nikita Johal (Spring Awakening), Ifan Jones (Fiddler on the Roof), David Malcolm (Grindr the Opera), Lily De La Haye (Phantom of the Opera), Brendan Matthew (Gregorian), Bradley Judge (Pippin), Lydia Gerrard (Phantom of the Opera), Dominic Brewer (Sweeney Todd), Emma Odell (Kinky Boots), Taite Elliot Drew (My Land’s Shore), Nicholas McClean (Wicked), Kara Taylor Alberts (The Marvelous Wonderettes),Thomas J Hewitt (Aladdin) Victoria Nicol (Salad Days), Samuel Haughton (School of Rock), Bradley Barely (Phantom of the Opera), Alexander Lodge (Bat Out of Hell), Kirsty Nunn (The Clockmaker’s Daughter), James Gower Smith (Tagline Quartet), Rebeca Ferrin (Les Miserables), Glain Rhys (Phantom of the Opera), Beth Bradley (Around the World in 80 days), Emily Dunn (Mamma Mia), Ruari Kelsey (The Last 5 Years), Brendan Cunningham (Dr. Doolittle), Lottie Clitherow (Into the Woods), Rhiannon Doyle (Saturday Night Fever), Emily Chesterton (Jerry Springer the Opera), Duncan Burt (Freindsical!), Samuel Bailey (My Land’s Shore), Daniel Hall (Phantom of the Opera), Ralph Bogard (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Kristopher Bosch (Detroit Become Human), James Mateo Salt (The Pirate Queen), Cory Stuckey (Macbeth), Charlotte Bradley (Blitz!), Ashleigh Jones (Mamma Mia), Ben Hannigan, James Redman, Barry O’Reilly, Matt Whipps, Benjamin Armstrong, Mark Lockhart, Georgiou James, James Lloyd Skinner, Elliot Lee, Sam Rippon, Daniel Amity, Sion Emlyn, Samuel Webb, Elliott Keister, Peter Barnett, Benjamin Newhouse-Smith, James Hammond, James Markham, Gregory George, Rob O’Malley, Kirsty Geddes, Lucy Devereaux, Alexandria Witheridge, Ewa Korda, Erin Hughes, Emily Ooi, Kale Svenson, Laurie Evans, Ruari Barron, Jennifer Neil, Hannah Merry, Joely Emms, Shani Cantor, Layna Sheppard, Nikki Biddington Sophie Lee-Stevens, Rachel Roland, Emily Shelton, Emily Woodcraft, Sinead Wall, Rachel Slattery, Amelia Hooper-Jennings, Natasha Griffiths, Eve Kitchingman, Rachel Wheeler, Sophie Crawford, Holly Jane-Crowter, Paula Trott, Nardia Ruth and Lucie Broadbent.
The project features musical direction from Jordan Li-Smith (City of Angels, Ragtime), Sound Engineering by Josh Everton (MDM Management) and has been produced by Wicked actress Rebecca Gilliland, who founded the new production company, Bookend Productions, to give artists a chance to perform after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theatres across the world.
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