That right there, is an actor. The way he moves, how he stares off, even the way he carries himself. He could have just stood there and sung, but no. He put his whole damn soul into this. That's a true art. Beautiful.
I just hope Russell Crowe can do this part justice. He has a hard act to follow after this Awesome performance and in my opinion the best Javert ever.
A little known fact is that when the production first went to Japan, the guys who played Valjean and Javert actually played both roles and would alternate each night.
"And my thoughts fly apart. Can this man be believed? Can he crimes be forgiven, can his sins be reprieved! And must I now being to doubt, who never doubted all these years. My heart is stone and still it trembles"
I cannot believe that Russel Crowe is Javert in the movie. He will ruin the film and ruin this song and more importantly Stars which has to be my joint favourite song ever in a musical along with Bring Him Home.
@leedscab123 I think Crowe will do fine. He CAN sing. Everyone conveniently "forgets" he started out in musical theatre, in productions such as Rocky Horror Show and Blood Brothers in Australia.
@ChaoticButterfly True, but all I've heard from him so far is his rockstar voice. At least with Hugh Jackman I'm convinced he'll do fine. His performance at the Tony's was beautiful :'D
Oh gosh, I'm crying so hard. The beginning, with these two equally powerful and anxious voices....oh! And the end, with such emotion an anguish in his face and his voice...
"The darkness was complete. It was the sepulchral moment which follows midnight. A ceiling of clouds concealed the stars. The sky was only an ominous depth. The houses in the city no longer showed a single light...."
@pmoss182 They sell them (something similar, anyway) on LRP Store. I bought and wore one of them when I sang Stars at college (and also when I went to watch Les Mis in London XD )
@brantonli Not hard for a trained singer. I'm a baritone and can hold that note much longer than that (and I'm sure Quast can, too, esp since he's more of a baritenor, so it's probably easier for him than me).
@brantonli it's all about how slowly you release they air, ive held a higher note for over 20 seconds you just need to release the air really slowly and control it,
No offense to all fanatics but this 10 year anniversary concert should have been the last one. It so perfectly captures the spirit of what this musical was but it's so long in the tooth now, just end it. Les Miz will officially have "jumped the shark" when the movie gets released.
I love the new uncertainty this song his, in every other point Javert has been strong and definante and Quast just shows him completely breaking down, its sooooo well acted
Javert committed suicide because Valjean - a criminal, by Javert's understanding - did an honest deed in saving his life. That meant that arresting Valjean would be an immoral act, even if it would be lawful. Javert couldn't cope with the mental dissonance caused by the realisation that morals and laws were not one, and often man must choose one or the other. Law had always been performed in good morals, until the point his world had become 'lost in shadow'.
I don't know whose death made me cry the most: Fantine's, Eponine's, or Javert's. They were all really sad and full of emotion.
Regardless, every time I hear and watch this scene with Roger Allam, Terrence Mann, Philip Quast, or Norm Lewis, it shows how much Javert suffered.
I just hope Russell Crowe does his homework before he plays Javert in the upcoming movie. He needs to brush up on his singing and talk to Terrence Mann. :)
@rikkulockhart15 No, he needs to brush up on his singing, and talk to Philip ;) I think Crowe will do fine. He CAN sing y'know. (Been to concerts, heard him sing live, thereforeknow what I'm talking about. Plus everyone conveniently "forgets" he started out in musical theatre, in productions such as Rocky Horror Show and Blood Brothers in Australia)
@Angelrc22 Ooh he did? o: I didn't know that. Then he should do fine.
Also, I talked to my parents and Russell Crowe has been in mostly serious films, so he should do fine with the acting part. All he needs to do is talk to just ONE of the original Javerts (there's also Roger Allam and Terrence Mann, both of whom did EXCELLENT jobs and originated the roles on London and Broadway,) and he'll be able to get in touch with Javert's singing, as well as his character.
I think that Javert is not introspective enough or complex enough to see his place in society. He values order and predictability (the Stars and the Law) above all, and when Valjean doesn't act as expected his "world" is shattered and he can't deal with it. His obsession with Valjean over all those years shows he wasn't very stable to begin with.
I love this song because it shows what a tortured individual Javert is. I know that sounds mean, but you can tell how hard things are for him during this number. After chasing Valjean for so long, he realizes how terrible he has been. Javert will always be one of my favorite characters
@piratewench2011 Even in the end, Javert never thought he was wrong. He killed himself not because of shame but because he couldn't reconcile his moral values with those of the society in which he lived. Once he understood that all his dogmatism only served a system full of injustices he saw no choice but to remove himself from society.
Does anybody happen to know what the highest note in this song is? (Other than the death note at the end of course, as that can easily be done in falsetto.) I can currently only sing up G sharp 5. Not sure if I've got all these notes or not...
@AWorldWithoutTenors nice name by the way :P I don't know if you've got the right range named. Cause like, the highest note that a man sings is be valjean on "took my silver took my flight" which is a C5. so G#5 doesnt seem like a bass/baritone note.
@thestainisgone485 Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I don't read music very well yet. I was basing the "G5" off of the song "Make Them Hear" from Ragtime, which has my highest note in the ending phrase. On Music Notes it lists the top vocal note in that song as a G Sharp 5. Kinda weird...
I prefer Alfie Boe over Colm Wilkinson. I prefer Samantha Barks over Lea Salonga. Heck, I even prefer Nick Jonas over Michael Ball. But Damn Philip Quast, that was riveting.
@Acoontey prefer alfie boe or john own jones. lea salonga best how can you think anybody better than michael ball as marius. earl carpenter the best javert
@murphy1980100 I don't know, I just don't like Michael Ball's interpretation or acting in the part of Marius from what I've seen in the 10th Anniversary concerts. He's too mature, too sure of himself.
@Iced1992 Agree...almost everyone I've ever spoken with thinks the performers from
the 10thanniversary are the best they've heard ...ever... I wish they had cast Philip Quast in the movie, I just can't see Russel Crowe pulling it off.
I have seen Les Miz twice in London, twice in New York and once in Toronto and Philip Quast is Javert. No one else comes close. When he sings you cannot help but be emotional and drawn in. He will endure forever with his role as Javert.
This man is amazing. Hav you ever noticed the smile when he sings "reprieved"? I smile every time, not only because it's such a beautiful sound, but because he hit it perfectly. It would only be too easy to turn that note sour, instead, he nailed it. AMAZING!
@SunderheartMetal Break a leg! Javert would be an amazing role to play. I love Quast's Javert because he seems more like a tortured soul than a truly evil man. He's great framework for the character, but I'd be careful to make sure than you put your own spin on the role as well. =)
i first saw les miserables when i was four and it was this i loved it ever since and philip quast never seemed to play a part better anything else with philip quast is just well acting les miserables the dream cast particularly philip isnt just acting its a story so phorie i realy have loved him since playschool
I completely agree that this man personifies Javert. I can listen to "Stars" and this song, and goose pimples are often. It's like heaven. But I disagree with the commentator here who says, correctly, that everything was black or white for Javert, but That Valjean was gray. Valjean was white, using the same non-racial metaphore, the entire time. It was only Javert who thought he was black. The book, modern opera, is about many things, among them is misperception.
@bigmarty56 What the person meant was that Javert sees things in black in white, as in there is right and there is wrong, nothing in between (grey). Then, Javert is thrown because Jean Valjean is in that grey area. He's done wrong, but he's changed, when Javert doesn't believe that's possible. Valjean in this sense, is challenging everything Javert has ever believed.
Oh my god, I just love the menacing snarl of this Javert so much. His voice says it all. And he is SO perfect for the time period. His features and his voice. And Colm Wilkinson is my favorite Valjean too.
This musical got great performers. Michael ball and Phillip Quast and the valjiean. (what ever his name is) Are Great this Jevert is great ! im 15 btw :P but yea my mom had the musical on disks till we lost it T-T. i like this jevert the best better then the 25Th one.
Philip Quast is the reason why Javert is my favorite character. The mark of a great actor/performer is that he or she makes you see what they see...makes you believe in what they believe in...I swear I forgot there was a microphone in front of him...All I saw was a man realizing that the world was not as clear as he thought, that it was not just black and white, good or bad, but there was the gray area that Jean Valjean belonged to...
@LuvlyUnknown Well, you have to realize, Valjean isn't just in a gray area, it's more than that. Valjean isn't merely part good and part bad, but a redeemed man, formerly mostly bad, but now mostly good. What Javert is really finding out is that he was wrong earlier when he said, "Men like you can never change." The dichotomy that he deals with is justice and mercy, the question being, "Shall his crimes be reprieved?" What really defines Valjean is the Christian idea of Atonement and Redemption.
"And must I now begin to doubt, who never doubted all these years. My heart is stone, and still it trembles. The world I have known is lost in shadows."
This line justifies Javert as a sympathetic character. Good lord.
I've seen the show on the West End, I've listened to countless recordings, and I think Quast's performance in the TAC just may be the greatest performance of any character in Les Mis ever. He is that good.
he's ok. his got the anguish and a nice voice but all the people in this video dont seem to relize u need to sing SLOWER and stretch the words! thats the beauty of the music of les mis!
That right there, is an actor. The way he moves, how he stares off, even the way he carries himself. He could have just stood there and sung, but no. He put his whole damn soul into this. That's a true art. Beautiful.
morbiddaizy 13 hours ago
I just hope Russell Crowe can do this part justice. He has a hard act to follow after this Awesome performance and in my opinion the best Javert ever.
leedscab123 1 day ago
A little known fact is that when the production first went to Japan, the guys who played Valjean and Javert actually played both roles and would alternate each night.
leedscab123 2 days ago
Javert vs Val'Jean ...
Ultimate battle of Mercy vs Justice ...
Mercy wins, but Justice tries to redeem itself through restitution.
creamie123 1 week ago
Philip - have my babies plz.
LongTallDominique 1 week ago
2:16
It is either Valjean or JAVERT!
Love that line. :D
hsiunghsd36bcca 1 week ago 3
Normally I don't do comments like this, but 16 people ARE COMPLETELY DEAF.
choclytgremlins 1 week ago
"And my thoughts fly apart. Can this man be believed? Can he crimes be forgiven, can his sins be reprieved! And must I now being to doubt, who never doubted all these years. My heart is stone and still it trembles"
These lines are my favorite!
Americaheritage 1 week ago
amazing
leedscab123 2 weeks ago
Worst part in the entire show...,it means Quast stops singing :(
HirilCelebrian 2 weeks ago 8
@HirilCelebrian could not agree more, the man is awesome.
leedscab123 2 weeks ago
@HirilCelebrian I almost stop watching
BagOfSticksFork 4 days ago
I saw them at a professional theatrical production in Milwaukee, WI. I LOVED Javert. I got a picture with him and he even signed it <3
MsNinjaPigs 2 weeks ago
Perfect voice, immense power and acting ability, he IS Javert. God I love this!
MissPurbeck 2 weeks ago
chills, every time
catelin3 3 weeks ago
When he says "Even so..." give me immense chills! L:ove Philip! Best Javert!
subwayeatfresh45 3 weeks ago
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peaceout3859 4 weeks ago
@jasmento Out. Get out.
peaceout3859 1 month ago 4
15 people don't know what true talent is.
leedscab123 1 month ago 4
The way Norm Lewis ended to song was so dramatic, it made me cry...no offense , but I thought the ending of this was a bit anticlimactic
jasmento 1 month ago
This bit always makes me kind of hate Valjean... Javert's death is one of the worst bits in the book... :( <3
LongTallDominique 1 month ago in playlist Music, Music, Music ♥
@LongTallDominique Why is that? In the book Javert's suicide is not so exposed. However - I respect your opinion ;)
Nighthawk19640 3 weeks ago
awesome as HELL.
MrAnimeItaly 1 month ago
There is no better Javert than Philip Quast.
zargog123 1 month ago 6
ALL HAIL PHILIP QUAST AS THE ONE, THE ONLY TRUE JAVERT.
leedscab123 1 month ago 6
Philip Quast as Javert was my first crush.
GeektressGalore 1 month ago 16
@GeektressGalore Same here, but I'm a straight guy
mouchel1995 1 week ago 2
Philip Quast's Javert is so freaking freaking awesome!!! It totally makes me so intuned with his character
saiyanflea 1 month ago
My heart is stone and yet it trembles...
34luthien 1 month ago
I cannot believe that Russel Crowe is Javert in the movie. He will ruin the film and ruin this song and more importantly Stars which has to be my joint favourite song ever in a musical along with Bring Him Home.
leedscab123 1 month ago 2
@leedscab123 I think Crowe will do fine. He CAN sing. Everyone conveniently "forgets" he started out in musical theatre, in productions such as Rocky Horror Show and Blood Brothers in Australia.
Angelrc22 1 month ago
@leedscab123
I'd be more worried about some of the other casting. Russell Crowe has experience and a good voice. I'd love to hear him hit some of those low F's.
ChaoticButterfly 1 month ago
@ChaoticButterfly True, but all I've heard from him so far is his rockstar voice. At least with Hugh Jackman I'm convinced he'll do fine. His performance at the Tony's was beautiful :'D
xmentosx 1 month ago
@leedscab123 Such bad opinion without seeing the movie? Hm....
Nighthawk19640 3 weeks ago
Oh, Philip.. oh, Javert.. *swoons*
DramaMajor713 1 month ago 3
Oh gosh, I'm crying so hard. The beginning, with these two equally powerful and anxious voices....oh! And the end, with such emotion an anguish in his face and his voice...
"The darkness was complete. It was the sepulchral moment which follows midnight. A ceiling of clouds concealed the stars. The sky was only an ominous depth. The houses in the city no longer showed a single light...."
Oh Javert, Javert, Javert.....
TheYellowLadybug1 1 month ago
Inspector Javert=My favorite! Philip Quast is a lovely singer!
RushyLove 2 months ago
Beaautiful
gazbason 2 months ago
Is it the trick of the voice or microphone that the last note makes it sound like he's actually falling?
Poet2916 2 months ago
@Poet2916 yeah it's just reverb which makes an echo sound combined with the music
DrinkOmally 2 months ago
太感動了！
daanservantt 2 months ago
greatest ever. i wish i could sing haha. where can i get a coat like that?
pmoss182 2 months ago
@pmoss182 They sell them (something similar, anyway) on LRP Store. I bought and wore one of them when I sang Stars at college (and also when I went to watch Les Mis in London XD )
Storel 2 weeks ago
What kind of lung capacity must a man have to put out at note like that but hold it for so long? at 3:22
brantonli 2 months ago
@brantonli Not hard for a trained singer. I'm a baritone and can hold that note much longer than that (and I'm sure Quast can, too, esp since he's more of a baritenor, so it's probably easier for him than me).
BorisGodunov 2 months ago
@brantonli it's all about how slowly you release they air, ive held a higher note for over 20 seconds you just need to release the air really slowly and control it,
DrinkOmally 2 months ago
15 people were in the student rebellion....
shanjoyislegend35 2 months ago
*bows down*
SarBear4Ryan 2 months ago
No offense to all fanatics but this 10 year anniversary concert should have been the last one. It so perfectly captures the spirit of what this musical was but it's so long in the tooth now, just end it. Les Miz will officially have "jumped the shark" when the movie gets released.
Methrt3 2 months ago 3
15 people must be deaf or something. Quast is just amazing.
leedscab123 2 months ago 6
Great acting and singing. Can't get better than this.
jcheng6 2 months ago
My heart is stone and still it trembles...
iggy62pop 2 months ago 3
I can't wait to see how this will translate as scene from the upcoming movie; it looks like a rather complex moment to pull off for a feature film!
2010Wilde 2 months ago
I am dying on the inside. I love Philip Quast so much.
BurningRosa 2 months ago
My favourite line of the whole musical is without a doubt "there is nothing on earth that we share, it is either Valjean or Javert!"
WestEndGirlxx 2 months ago 3
I love the new uncertainty this song his, in every other point Javert has been strong and definante and Quast just shows him completely breaking down, its sooooo well acted
emshi21 2 months ago 4
Philip Quast was the first person who made me understand Javert.
flutinkat 2 months ago 43
Wow - 13 people confused 'dislike' with 'download'. Hate when that happens. :)
eranajz 3 months ago 2
Javert committed suicide because Valjean - a criminal, by Javert's understanding - did an honest deed in saving his life. That meant that arresting Valjean would be an immoral act, even if it would be lawful. Javert couldn't cope with the mental dissonance caused by the realisation that morals and laws were not one, and often man must choose one or the other. Law had always been performed in good morals, until the point his world had become 'lost in shadow'.
FreakedOutGeek 3 months ago 4
I love this--mercy triumphs over judgment! Live by the law of perfectionism or by mercy? I choose mercy--to receive it and to give it!
purlofgreatprice1 3 months ago
I don't know whose death made me cry the most: Fantine's, Eponine's, or Javert's. They were all really sad and full of emotion.
Regardless, every time I hear and watch this scene with Roger Allam, Terrence Mann, Philip Quast, or Norm Lewis, it shows how much Javert suffered.
I just hope Russell Crowe does his homework before he plays Javert in the upcoming movie. He needs to brush up on his singing and talk to Terrence Mann. :)
rikkulockhart15 3 months ago
@rikkulockhart15 No, he needs to brush up on his singing, and talk to Philip ;) I think Crowe will do fine. He CAN sing y'know. (Been to concerts, heard him sing live, thereforeknow what I'm talking about. Plus everyone conveniently "forgets" he started out in musical theatre, in productions such as Rocky Horror Show and Blood Brothers in Australia)
Angelrc22 1 month ago
@Angelrc22 Ooh he did? o: I didn't know that. Then he should do fine.
Also, I talked to my parents and Russell Crowe has been in mostly serious films, so he should do fine with the acting part. All he needs to do is talk to just ONE of the original Javerts (there's also Roger Allam and Terrence Mann, both of whom did EXCELLENT jobs and originated the roles on London and Broadway,) and he'll be able to get in touch with Javert's singing, as well as his character.
rikkulockhart15 1 month ago
I think that Javert is not introspective enough or complex enough to see his place in society. He values order and predictability (the Stars and the Law) above all, and when Valjean doesn't act as expected his "world" is shattered and he can't deal with it. His obsession with Valjean over all those years shows he wasn't very stable to begin with.
Epsinor78 3 months ago 4
Did he miss the word 'look' on the 'look down Javert' part?
111weasel123 3 months ago
I love this song because it shows what a tortured individual Javert is. I know that sounds mean, but you can tell how hard things are for him during this number. After chasing Valjean for so long, he realizes how terrible he has been. Javert will always be one of my favorite characters
piratewench2011 3 months ago 5
@piratewench2011 Even in the end, Javert never thought he was wrong. He killed himself not because of shame but because he couldn't reconcile his moral values with those of the society in which he lived. Once he understood that all his dogmatism only served a system full of injustices he saw no choice but to remove himself from society.
oielvert 3 months ago 5
huuuuuuuuuuuu, It's so true!
nemesnovak 3 months ago
Does anybody happen to know what the highest note in this song is? (Other than the death note at the end of course, as that can easily be done in falsetto.) I can currently only sing up G sharp 5. Not sure if I've got all these notes or not...
AWorldWithoutTenors 3 months ago
@AWorldWithoutTenors nice name by the way :P I don't know if you've got the right range named. Cause like, the highest note that a man sings is be valjean on "took my silver took my flight" which is a C5. so G#5 doesnt seem like a bass/baritone note.
thestainisgone485 3 months ago
@thestainisgone485 Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I don't read music very well yet. I was basing the "G5" off of the song "Make Them Hear" from Ragtime, which has my highest note in the ending phrase. On Music Notes it lists the top vocal note in that song as a G Sharp 5. Kinda weird...
AWorldWithoutTenors 3 months ago
"I am the Lawr, and the Lawr is Not mocked!!"
Sheesh, I love this version. :D Philip Quast is the best. <3
ElvishNavi 3 months ago 5
his eyes and face from 4:07!!!! <3
brzenda 3 months ago
There is nothing on earth that we share,
It is either VALJEAN OR JAVERT!
Greatest delivery of that amazing line ever...
WestEndGirlxx 3 months ago
I prefer Alfie Boe over Colm Wilkinson. I prefer Samantha Barks over Lea Salonga. Heck, I even prefer Nick Jonas over Michael Ball. But Damn Philip Quast, that was riveting.
Acoontey 3 months ago
@Acoontey prefer alfie boe or john own jones. lea salonga best how can you think anybody better than michael ball as marius. earl carpenter the best javert
murphy1980100 3 months ago
@murphy1980100 I don't know, I just don't like Michael Ball's interpretation or acting in the part of Marius from what I've seen in the 10th Anniversary concerts. He's too mature, too sure of himself.
Acoontey 3 months ago
@murphy1980100 Almost everyone I've ever spoken to thinks every single performer from the 10th anniversary is better, save perhaps Maguire.
Iced1992 3 months ago
@Iced1992 Agree...almost everyone I've ever spoken with thinks the performers from
the 10thanniversary are the best they've heard ...ever... I wish they had cast Philip Quast in the movie, I just can't see Russel Crowe pulling it off.
eilom100 3 months ago 3
All over a loaf of bread lol
harrymorse12 3 months ago
I just found out that two of the most awesome characters scream their last words :NO WAY TO GO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOON
and
until the earth is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
:D
vrbrno 3 months ago
All hail the power of Philip Quast.He just rocks in Les Mis
leedscab123 3 months ago 2
save his life
suicides anyway
Scumbag javert
paranoicdan 3 months ago 5
I have seen Les Miz twice in London, twice in New York and once in Toronto and Philip Quast is Javert. No one else comes close. When he sings you cannot help but be emotional and drawn in. He will endure forever with his role as Javert.
iwgerber 4 months ago
Valjean's mercy forces Javert to look at his life and he has no where to go.
All his life he has been honest to his creed, now he is forced to admit another creed, that of mercy..
He has no way of accepting the gift he has been given and takes his honourable way out.
Brilliant.
Made me look back 30 years to my xcroads, boy even now I feel gratitude for 30 years.
7howie71 4 months ago
My god.... That note at 3:22 just gives me chills....
MsAnnie3456 4 months ago 36
@MsAnnie3456 3:23... Is it that hard?
Iced1992 3 months ago
@MsAnnie3456 He's extraordinary! Even though Javert is a villain sort of character, the way he plays it, you can't help but feel pity for him!
Yesica1993 3 months ago
@MsAnnie3456 Have to agree that note is powerful and awesome
leedscab123 1 month ago
this gave me chills
dirtydiana444 4 months ago
I want to play this part soooo badly!
ChrisPipeBand 4 months ago
ty for posting this!
DouandMice 4 months ago
Javert is the most well written character. So much emotion
slooshywarbles 4 months ago
Wonderful voice - wonderful acting - makes one believe he is right there dying!
puritanpro1 4 months ago in playlist More videos from MauMau1961
While I prefer Norm Lewis over all, I have to say that Quast completely owns this song. Lewis can't touch this right here.
TheTigerStrike 4 months ago
This man is amazing. Hav you ever noticed the smile when he sings "reprieved"? I smile every time, not only because it's such a beautiful sound, but because he hit it perfectly. It would only be too easy to turn that note sour, instead, he nailed it. AMAZING!
Miski345 4 months ago 4
"Look down, Javert, he's standing in his grave"....chills. every. time.
hekore11 4 months ago 5
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrEraploveu27 4 months ago
Shall his crimes be rePRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVED!!!!
O_O OH MY GOOD GOD.
BigTimeHarryPotter 4 months ago 4
I was cast for Javert in my school's play :D This guy is a great role model for the part. I hope I can do half as well as he
SunderheartMetal 4 months ago
@SunderheartMetal Break a leg! Javert would be an amazing role to play. I love Quast's Javert because he seems more like a tortured soul than a truly evil man. He's great framework for the character, but I'd be careful to make sure than you put your own spin on the role as well. =)
KatyHallow 4 months ago
I just realized all I do is cry in this musical. Philip Quast has an amazing voice and so amazing for this character I feel so much pity for Javert.
navyluvr08 5 months ago 45
What a beauty! ! Totally instinctive talent - rare.
scatpin 5 months ago
what a beauty!
scatpin 5 months ago
i first saw les miserables when i was four and it was this i loved it ever since and philip quast never seemed to play a part better anything else with philip quast is just well acting les miserables the dream cast particularly philip isnt just acting its a story so phorie i realy have loved him since playschool
br8gent1 5 months ago
This man is wonderful.
xevielovesyoux 5 months ago
Oh Philip, I've loved you since playschool <3<3
phorie 5 months ago 2
Bravo
mmpadp 5 months ago
I completely agree that this man personifies Javert. I can listen to "Stars" and this song, and goose pimples are often. It's like heaven. But I disagree with the commentator here who says, correctly, that everything was black or white for Javert, but That Valjean was gray. Valjean was white, using the same non-racial metaphore, the entire time. It was only Javert who thought he was black. The book, modern opera, is about many things, among them is misperception.
bigmarty56 5 months ago
@bigmarty56 What the person meant was that Javert sees things in black in white, as in there is right and there is wrong, nothing in between (grey). Then, Javert is thrown because Jean Valjean is in that grey area. He's done wrong, but he's changed, when Javert doesn't believe that's possible. Valjean in this sense, is challenging everything Javert has ever believed.
TheMsMelanieMarie 5 months ago
@TheMsMelanieMarie
bigmarty56 5 months ago
@TheMsMelanieMarie I think one does a disservice to Valjean, referring to him as inhabiting the "Gray" area, between right and wrong.
bigmarty56 5 months ago
@bigmarty56 I agree. The shock to Javert was that Valjean was able to go from the dark to the light. That totally violated his sense of order.
kypsalis 5 months ago
Perfection - he is the best -
puritanpro1 6 months ago
My school did Les Mis in 12'th grade. I played the clarinet in the orchestra =D
Cirvantes123 6 months ago
Philip Quast is such a remarkable actor! He's playing Saddam Hussein in the movie "The Devil's Double". :O
idoBL3VnBONES 6 months ago
before he said even so hes like "what the......... oh sorry thought i saw a mouse
coffeesiren 6 months ago
Clearly Quast immortalized this character. He is simply the best Javert.
mckbln 6 months ago 2
Philip Quast IS JAVERT no one else can match him in this role. He is simply amazing in this song and especially Stars.
leedscab123 6 months ago 2
what year is this?
comedynut2011 6 months ago
@comedynut2011 1995
DjTokenMusic 5 months ago
he is gay
milkshake6789 6 months ago
@milkshake6789 Apparently Philip Quast is not gay, he is married with three kids.
leedscab123 6 months ago
Check out my stars cover if you would please guys! :) Let me know if you think I did it justice :D
JoshWylie1 7 months ago
@populargal philip Quast good but think Earl carpenter brill!!!
murphy1980100 7 months ago
Who would dare say the Terrance Mann played this part better, he should yeild his mortal soul to the Almighty Power of Phillip Quast.
MaestroInfernus 7 months ago 3
Incredible :)
bamfan1994 7 months ago
Unable to bear having his whole world turned on it's head, he throughs himself into the Seine River.
Aniset 7 months ago
Anyone wanna fill me in on how Javert kills himself? I'm just a bit confused
A7xrules555 7 months ago
@A7xrules555 he jumps in a river
wertywertywerty4686 7 months ago
Oh my god, I just love the menacing snarl of this Javert so much. His voice says it all. And he is SO perfect for the time period. His features and his voice. And Colm Wilkinson is my favorite Valjean too.
blueberryicedtea 8 months ago
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blueberryicedtea 8 months ago
This musical got great performers. Michael ball and Phillip Quast and the valjiean. (what ever his name is) Are Great this Jevert is great ! im 15 btw :P but yea my mom had the musical on disks till we lost it T-T. i like this jevert the best better then the 25Th one.
Roxashater3 8 months ago
@Roxashater3 Valjean is Colm Wilkinson
amylouie1 8 months ago
flawless. just flawless.
Shmoofles 8 months ago
How a giant like him manages to look so vulnerable and lost... a true actor. And his voice. And the lost-little-puppy look. And the hair. <3
Sieglinde84 8 months ago 3
So it's either Valjean or Javert?!
Well oke than, sorry Valjean ... but my vote goes to Javert!
Best voice in the concert, best Javert ever!
Philip Quast is a God!
oODarkEyesOo 9 months ago in playlist Les mis 25th concert 4
Phillip Quast is absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel goosebumps very time I hear him sing this
1stupidmutt 9 months ago
venge was his but he gave me bak my life
DJangelrose42o 9 months ago
I love his voice Quast is number1 its either val jean or javert its so powerful
DJangelrose42o 9 months ago
The world I have known is lost in shadow; is he from heaven or hell?
Exactly what I am feeling right now
cherub9507 9 months ago
This performance is the greatest.
mmpadp 9 months ago
JESUS IM GETTING CHILLS!!!!!!
tallperson605 10 months ago
What idiots disliked this?
Bluedanoob 10 months ago 31
@Bluedanoob a close-minded 1
DJangelrose42o 9 months ago
@Bluedanoob Someone who didn't want Javert to commit suicide
14ocie 3 months ago
@Bluedanoob
Stupid ones, duh.
hsiunghsd36bcca 3 months ago
Hmmm...
I guess that was kinda dramatic...
*yawns*
Cajek2 10 months ago
@Cajek2 Welcome to musical theatre!
Dirschbag 10 months ago
I AM THE LAWR, AND THE LAWR IS NOT MOCKED~!
queenofsingin99 10 months ago 4
Philip Quast is the reason why Javert is my favorite character. The mark of a great actor/performer is that he or she makes you see what they see...makes you believe in what they believe in...I swear I forgot there was a microphone in front of him...All I saw was a man realizing that the world was not as clear as he thought, that it was not just black and white, good or bad, but there was the gray area that Jean Valjean belonged to...
LuvlyUnknown 11 months ago 173
@LuvlyUnknown absolutely well said! I agree 100%!
chaksheba 6 months ago
@LuvlyUnknown Well, you have to realize, Valjean isn't just in a gray area, it's more than that. Valjean isn't merely part good and part bad, but a redeemed man, formerly mostly bad, but now mostly good. What Javert is really finding out is that he was wrong earlier when he said, "Men like you can never change." The dichotomy that he deals with is justice and mercy, the question being, "Shall his crimes be reprieved?" What really defines Valjean is the Christian idea of Atonement and Redemption.
jjohansen86 4 months ago 5
Philip Quast is a BEAST onstage!! He voice is incredible.
Malouse68 11 months ago 4
Te best Javert everrr.. I ope he is in the film as Javert
Marisayque 11 months ago 3
i am the law and the law is NOT mocked
mike614188 11 months ago
Thank you for posting. Philip Quest is the best Javert. Love the way he holds the note on the word REPRIEVED.
mmpadp 11 months ago 3
"And must I now begin to doubt, who never doubted all these years. My heart is stone, and still it trembles. The world I have known is lost in shadows."
This line justifies Javert as a sympathetic character. Good lord.
RasberryBop 11 months ago 2
Philip Quast - Best. Javert. Ever!
jzbowen 11 months ago 2
I've seen the show on the West End, I've listened to countless recordings, and I think Quast's performance in the TAC just may be the greatest performance of any character in Les Mis ever. He is that good.
jmarshall60 11 months ago 2
His voice is so magical. I love the little head roll he does when he goes, "It is either Valjean or JAVEEERT!"
xMusicIsMyNaturex 11 months ago 2
team javert!
lalos316 11 months ago 2
@lalos316 Team Javert indeed! Gotta get the T-Shirt!
gmdohiorep 11 months ago
"My heart is stone, and still it trembles" That line is amazing and sums up the whole song. I LOVE this soliloquy.
sorcha425 11 months ago 3
he's ok. his got the anguish and a nice voice but all the people in this video dont seem to relize u need to sing SLOWER and stretch the words! thats the beauty of the music of les mis!
oximoron613 1 year ago
Who the hell disliked this? To those 12 people, sober up and listen to it again.
salsapeppergirl 1 year ago
This is freakin LIVE! And when he sings REPRIEEEEEEEEEEEEVED, he seems to almost smile, I bet he heard how awesome he hit that note <3
TheVildee 1 year ago 6
@TheVildee I've never noticed that before; how wonderful!
MasterJamesYoung 11 months ago
Damn...this man was born for this part. Ever since I've seen Quast in this part....He IS Javert.
Duma39 1 year ago 93
3:23 :)
thegirlnamedRachel 1 year ago