Hugh Jackman & Russell Crowe
Colm Wilkinson
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman & Anne Hathaway & Les Misérables Cast
Anne Hathaway
Hugh Jackman & Russell Crowe
Isabelle Allen
Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter & Les Misérables Cast
Hugh Jackman
Russell Crowe
Eddie Redmayne & Aaron Tveit & Les Misérables Cast
Amanda Seyfried & Samantha Barks & Eddie Redmayne & Hugh Jackman
Samantha Barks
Les Misérables Cast
Eddie Redmayne, Daniel Huttlestone & Les Misérables Cast
Hugh Jackman
Russell Crowe
Eddie Redmayne
Les Misérables Cast
Les Amis de l'ABC (“The Friends of the ABC”; pronounced ah-bae-sae, a clever homonym to the french word ‘abesse’ – ‘the wretched’) were the cradle of the student insurrection, an anti-monarchist rebellion in June of 1832 in Paris. In this song, Enjolras, the general-apparent, pitches conviction into...
[ENJOLRAS]
The time is near
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins!
And yet beware
Don't let the wine go to your brains!
We need a sign
To rally the people
To call them to arms
To bring them in line!
Marius, wake up!
What's wrong today?
You look as if you've seen a ghost
Some wine and say what's going on!
[MARIUS]
A ghost you say, a ghost maybe
She was just like a ghost to me
One minute there, then she was gone!
I am agog!
I am aghast!
Is Marius in love at last?
I've never heard him 'ooh' and 'aah'
You talk of battles to be won
And here he comes like Don Juan
It's better than an opera!
[ENJOLRAS]
It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked of yourselves
What's the price you might pay?
Is this simply a game
For a rich young boy to play?
The colours of the world
Are changing day by day
Red: the blood of angry men!
Black: the dark of ages past!
Red: a world about to dawn!
Black: the night that ends at last!
[MARIUS]
Had you seen her today
You might know how it feels
To be struck to the bone
In a moment of breathless delight!
Had you been there today
You might also have known
How your world may be changed
In just one burst of light!
And what was right seems wrong
And what was wrong seems right!
[BOYS]
Red
[MARIUS]
I feel my soul on fire!
[BOYS]
Black
[MARIUS]
My world if she's not there!
[BOYS]
Red
[MARIUS]
It's the colour of desire!
[BOYS]
Black
[MARIUS]
It's the colour of despair!
[ENJOLRAS]
Marius, you're no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call
Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive towards a larger goal
Our little lives don't count at all!
[BOYS]
Red: the blood of angry men!
Black: the dark of ages past!
Red: a world about to dawn!
Black: the night that ends at last!
Listen everybody!
[GAVROCHE, spoken]
General Lamarque is dead!
[ENJOLRAS]
Lamarque! His death is the hour of fate
The people's man
His death is the sign we await!
On his funeral day, they will honour his name
With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes
With their candles of grief we will kindle our flame
On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricade rise
[BOYS]
The time is here!
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer!
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts!
With a jubilant shout!
They will come one and all
They will come when we call!
ABC Café / Red and Black was written by Herbert Kretzmer & Jean-Marc Natel & Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg.
ABC Café / Red and Black was produced by Claude-Michel Schönberg & Anne Dudley & Cameron Mackintosh & Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe.
Eddie Redmayne & Aaron Tveit released ABC Café / Red and Black on Fri Dec 21 2012.