Composer Menken shared the following photo on Instagram of the recording session.
Billed as the American Premiere Studio Recording, the album will now be released in January 2016. iTunes pre-orders will be accepted beginning Dec. 4 on thei Ghostlight label. The album was originally slated for a Nov. 20 release.
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While not a cast album per se, this CD features the principal and ensemble talent who performed the show’s U.S. Premiere productions at and during their 2014-15 seasons.
The album features () as Quasimodo, (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) as Dom Claude Frollo, () as Esmeralda, () 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 .
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 (212-541-4684, ).
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