Released Jan. 22, the recording debuted at #5 on the iTunes Top Albums chart in its first day and was #9 on Billboard鈥檚 Current Digital Albums chart for its first week.
Producers released a special "making of" video to coincide with the arrival of the CD. It is linked further down in this story.
Check out 半岛体育.com's exclusive first-listen track. Listen to the Act I finale, "Esmeralda," which features the principals, , , , and the chorus:
The album is available . The CD comes packaged with a 32-page booklet with full lyrics, photos and a note from composer Alan Menken. You can also get more information by visiting . The album is produced by , Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Chris Montan and executive producer Kurt Deutsch.
The album features Michael Arden () as Quasimodo, Patrick Page (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) as Dom Claude Frollo, () as Esmeralda, Andrew Samonsky () as Captain Phoebus de Martin and () as Clopin Trouillefou.
Featured in the ensemble are , Mary Joe Duggan, Ian Patrick Gibb, , , Neal Mayer, Nora Menken, , Anise Ritchie, Vincent Rodriguez III, Richard Ruiz, Joseph J. Simeone, and .
See how the CD was made:
Inspired by 's novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame features a book by , music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. The musical was billed as a "dramatic retelling of the famous love story on a grand scale, with a lush, emotionally rich score."
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The rights to The Hunchback of Notre Dame are now available for professional theatre productions, licensed exclusively through Music Theatre International at .
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