u/JuliaGulia71

I do own the 10th anniversary recording of the show. However, as a person that's into good quality home audio and car audio, I feel like the actual recording doesn't have the same studio level recording quality that one might hear with other music. For example, have you ever bought a single of a song that you like that was on an album that was produced in a studio, and then you hear that same song on a different recording from a live concert? Usually the studio recording has the fuller dynamic range of music and vocals and everything is very nicely balanced, whereas the live recording doesn't feel as full or powerful as far as the audio output itself. Does a studio quality recording like this exist for Les Misérables?

I would imagine that the movie soundtrack might approach this as far as the criteria I mentioned, but I'm not sure how offset that would be by the different performances within the movie itself.

Back in December, I treated myself to really good tickets to the Arena Concert Spectacular. I've seen the musical three times over a 30 year period in New York City. I don't have a lot of experience in other musicals or plays, so the depth of my comments might not be that insightful other than just sharing the feelings and emotion I personally experienced. However, every time I saw it, I just loved everything about this story so much more. This particular show completely blew me away as it was an emotional roller coaster that stayed with me for days, and still does. Even when I write these words, I can feel the tears welling up in my eyes. And I loved it. I loved it so much that I splurged for tickets to one more show before it closed out!

It was incredible to feel the intensity of all the actors on stage both nights. The reason I included Javert's name in this title was to share a comment and a question specific to him. One is to express how much I admired the acting portraying the struggle he had with the intensifying conflict of doing his duty in pursuing Valjean. How he knew what he was doing was right, yet with every encounter, the accumulation of the true evidence of who Valjean truly was ate at his soul as it became undeniable. Seeing this realization culminate in 'Javert's Suicide' was delivered so well. Watching Javert's intensity on one hand was terrifying, yet in an instant his facial expression would change to this saddened being that sobbed to how deeply torn he was as the truth became undeniable, and only to have it flip back again... my God, what a performance!

As far as the question I had related to this character, I wasn't fully sure who played him on the nights that I saw the show. I was at the 7:30 PM show on July 30, and then the 8 PM on August 8. However, I couldn't definitively tell which actor played him on those nights. I felt it was Jeremy Secomb, but can somebody confirm that for me? I did scan the QR code that was given on the program guide on those days, but I did notice that there were errors when it took me to the website showing who specifically played those dates. This is another area where my ignorance comes in. When they have two actors playing the same role, do they both perform in this particular role during the same show? Or, are they alternating shows, as in one actor playing Javert during the 2 PM show and then the other actor for the evening show? I can't remember if there was a 2 PM show on July 30, but I know there was a 2 PM show on August 8.

Thank you to anyone who can answer this for me!