Les Miserables Medley Jean Valjean

Closing ceremony Euro 96 Wembley

[@sparklelard]

I've seen Jeff Layton several times in Les Mis and he has the best voice I have ever heard.

[@Nerdynessocity]

Seeing/Hearing all these people singing the part together is always so beautiful, it could just be the 15 year old stupidity I have, but I find this so amazing that I get goosebumps every time I hear this!

[@Teigokane]

The most amazing thing is hearing each pair singing in their own language and ending the part together in one language. This is the spirit of true understanding among nations!

[@yamifannetje]

It's exiting and touching in the same time to see how Jean Valjean just brings all those lands, all those people together. His soul realy came to live overthere

[@PlaidShirtBlueJeans]

I have the amazing opportunity to sing with Peter Karrie and I have never seen this until now! This just so fantastic! They are all so spectacular in their own way. Breathtaking.

[@dianastandefer3172]

Colm Wikinson will always be my favorite Jean Valjean!

[@leedscab123]

Forgot how good Phil Cavill was. Saw him as Valjean in the mid 1990's and he was awesome.

[@kitoiney12]

What a thrill...to listen to this beautiful song in multiple languages. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@Entropiestromstaerke]

as a big football fan, I didn't see how this fits in before one of the most important tournaments... but it gets more and more epic :)

[@Teigokane]

They are ALL fantastic!

[@RUEBUSTERMUSCLE]

Very Nice... I Enjoyed this...

[@Teigokane]

This is absolutely fantastic!

[@blackpig24601]

i agree want to see hear more with phil

[@johnmike707]

this is really awesome!!! seeing different nationalities singing in one event!!!

[@slodka098]

Beautiful! This is our world!!

[@Maxkustrap]

Really Awesome!!!!; Amazing Voices (Reinhard Brussman and Robert Marien are GREAT!)

[@pollypeppercorn]

great video - thanks for posting it from France

[@jordanlew6868]

So many guys from the 10th anniversary edition encore.

[@Martin-es8mb]

And the 17 guys who were Valjean in the various productions.

[@jnp180473]

Peter Karrie - one of the very best Valjeans.

[@mjmatt1388]

Incredible

[@11792654]

jeff leyton tearin it up

[@ChrisBlackNYC]

Yes! The GOAT! So powerful

[@SlightlySusan]

I like their vests. If some of these men sound better than they did in TAC it is because they are singing different parts of the piece. The wind blowing through the mikes spoils the effect but that is what always happens during outdoor concerts.

[@mjmatt1388]

incredible

[@Reeal15]

I love Colm, Peter Karrie, and Jeff Leyton!

[@RhosynCalypso]

TOMMY SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!! They're all babes and fantastic, but Tommy's the best!!

[@Scottishcarly]

@jondoe - Jeff Leyton is my fave JVJ ever - what a VOICE :)

[@dlsw23]

Love it! Wow!!! Just Wow!!!

[@klippcb]

Sweden´s Tommy Korberg is the best of all in my pont of view :) His voice is ... wow ! He has a sensitive in his voice like no other singer...

[@sylvani1]

@ Hanne Lemahieu : the musical premiere, in Antwerp, was on Sunday, May 24, 1998. so in 1996 we had no production yet and so there could not be a Belgian Jean Valjean yet. However, in 2006 Hans-Peter Janssens was grossly overlooked for the 25th anniversary concert

[@yoniveo4810]

One of the best ending ceremonies !! I like it :')

[@tiagocmr]

For The Win!

[@laylerzluvsyooh808]

so touching... I love this vid

[@Amigos008]

¡maravilla!

[@lauredilian]

wow! amazing! colm rocks!

[@marisagm9]

This is the best. That's it.

[@yamifannetje]

Some lands may have done some miscastings, Colm Wilkinson surely isn't when of those. He sounds just amazing. A nice surprise for me, was the Netherlands' Henk Poort! I enjoyed that voice. But no Belgian Jean Valjean... It can't exist that Belgium didn't take part in this event???? The shame! Maybe we Belgians just haven't such strongs voices :p

[@MrJohnLocke]

Wow! I LOVE IT! thanks for this video!

[@MajorNeirLex]

@yamifannetje The problem is this vid is from 1996 and the Belgian production first opened in 1998 with Hans Peter Janssens as Valjean

[@xlHawkeyelx]

Deserves more views....

[@lyricgrace9354]

Peter Karrie is the best in my opinion! He's fab!

[@yamifannetje]

@VonBraunsky luckily Colm's voice is so strong it oversounds everything. on the other hand , it was just a soft strofe he was singing so he couldn't give the maximum of his voice ...

[@Cyberpit2000]

That would actually be something I would like to see someone achieve ha !

[@happy7117]

I sure wish I had an mp3 of this!

[@garicx]

Wow...

[@mramazing123456789]

Oh man, this rocks too much face. My favorites are the Welsh and Polish guys, they are awesome, their languages are so cool! 2:30on it just starts getting super intense. :D I LOVE Les Mis.

[@pnrs]

lovely

[@artfulalchemy11]

Robert Marien, 'nuff said

[@takomaguy]

While you probably right (and thanks), it still sounds nuts. It's like saying we compete in a Eurpean Game in of a Pan-America game because of a beef with Cuba.

[@insanemistosingsmore]

@play179 that's because he literally was the first man to play Valjean in a production of Les Miserables...not that girls did it before him XD

[@candyflosskiller]

ah you've got to love peter karrie

[@lauredilian]

just wanna add...jeff leyton rocks too!:)

[@mimibarthez]

Saw Phil Cavill in London prodution, one of the best.

[@2x2son4]

muy buena aunque faltan paisanos míos

[@mariannesandvik3549]

thank you

[@Cyberpit2000]

People can moan about the crowd at the beginning but....are you really that surprised? It's Wembley Stadium, full house and most of the fans are British, getting us Brits to stay quiet at a football stadium, let alone any public event, is a herculean effort for anybody

[@goruz]

jean valjean IS Colm wilkinson... but they are all amazing!! Jeff Leyton and Phil Cavill are incredible!!

[@blackpig24601]

is there anymore with Phil Cavill longer/full songs great voice

[@karinkrog369]

COLM WILKINSON.. The best..the only Jean Valjean!

[@RhosynCalypso]

I agree! I wish he would have had a bigger part/solo :)

[@paperbackacademie6640]

Aaaah Jeff Leyton. THAT WAS SO GOOD.

[@manchestertart5614]

Jeff Leyton is the best Valjean ♥️🌟♥️

[@patrickcerra5356]

Why was he put down for Scotland?! He's Irish!

[@m2cscream]

@@patrickcerra5356 Jeff Leyton was actually born in Scotland. Though he was made famous for performing musicals in Ireland tours

[@patrickcerra5356]

@@m2cscream Ah, my apologies. Thank you for correcting my mistake ☺️

[@andrewbloom7694]

He's good but come on he wasn't even the best Irish valjean at this event lol

[@Mytho-man]

In the musical probably, but in movies I think that interpretation of Gerard Depardieu is one of the best I've seen, and it's not just because I'm french because my second choice would be certainly Liam Neeson. Les Misérables is not just a famous musical at first it was a book wrote by Victor Hugo. Make a musical about was inteligent but it's not just that.

[@comet654]

I agree.

[@lubormrazek5545]

Austria is the clear winner for me here

[@MyPasteque]

A good friend of mine sings it also very good ! ;o)

[@leedscab123]

Colm all the way here followed by Tommy Korberg.

[@SlightlySusan]

Karrie was good as the Phantom as well.

[@xtremesenda]

Tommy Körberg Sweden FTW!!!

[@candyflosskiller]

he was (:

[@1BODGER95]

What were the crowd shouting at the beginning?

[@shou7310]

The Wales guy though

[@blackpig24601]

welsh guy is good too

[@emmacassidy8482]

Robert marien is from Quebec but represented France.

[@Beginstheman]

Yep, I was surprised when I saw that he was part of those multilingual pieces from Les Misérables in the mid-1990s. He probably was the best of the French-speaking world at the time, and that's OK because he has a great singing voice.

[@pyrothesis1]

someones touchy

[@VonBraunsky]

having a bunch of socks or duct tape would go a fair way to keeping people quiet lol

[@lesmisloony]

Why do international Valjeans always have Gavrii as entourages? Mm, I like Jeff Leyton. And Robert Marien, of COURSE. Colm will always be my Jean Jean, obviously. Though Henk Poort wins for most awesome-looking name. Closely tied by Dudu Fisher. No, wait, Dudu Fisher is funnier. I'm IMMATURE. "I fed my vengeance at the meagre meals. This is all I have lived for. This is all I have known" made me WTF for a millisecond. All in all, WIN and favvies.

[@CEMILIOB]

REINHARD BRUSSMAN gets my vote for most commanding of all the non-English speaking Valjeans. Javert says that Jean Valjean is a very strong man, who, all alone, is able to lift the runaway cart off the man trapped beneath it. Of all the actor-singers appearing here, only REINHARD BRUSSMAN looks as if he could really do that. Short, slim, tenors don't fill that bill. Colm Wilkinson does looks strong -- he's also a viable Jean Valjean.

[@danniacro]

England And Scotland is totally the best i fink x

[@Bidnikovka]

Jan Jeszek is the best!!!

[@jl3tbone]

Jeff Leyton FTW.

[@SuperSeaCucumber]

Hmm... is it just me or did that guy from the Netherlands wink at around 2:46?

[@UltimateMoose]

Peater Karrie

[@TheMattBattersby]

First time les mis has been sung to a football chant?

[@daejangie]

Robert Marien all the way

[@OldGrumpyGuy]

Peter Karrie's the best

[@unspokendegree]

Colm Wilkinson is by far the best Jean Val-Jean and is only bettered in musicals by Steve Balsamo

[@connorerhart4094]

Is Karrrie speaking Welsh or English

[@leedscab123]

The number one and only Valjean is Colm Wilkinson.

[@kaizasolseiboy]

Too bad all the world can't learn from this.

[@nooyawkfun]

Phil Cavill looks like a Shaolin monk LOL

[@MMER]

Reinhard Brussmann is the best !!!

[@takomaguy]

Yeah...you're probably right. That troll was starting to get on my nerves.

[@Teigokane]

@Nerdynessocity I hope, you will keep this kind of "stupidity" forever! It is called enthusiasm. :-) Many people lose this when they get older.

[@nooyawkfun]

Phil Cavill sounded so effeminate at the 10th Anniversary concert. He certainly redeemed himself here.

[@hound12345678909]

think it is "Valjean "

[@cjaccardi]

colm and jeff sound the same

[@Aragorn3rdAge]

@martinpawpawpaw japan is not part of Europe

[@IBPuffnSnuff]

Who am I?

[@VonBraunsky]

Peter Carrie kinda looks like Jeremy Irons

[@mac9erfan]

Israel competes in Euro competition because their Arab neighbors compete in Asia competition and those two places don't want to be in the same place at the same time or else there would be too much tension and trouble.