Quasimodo/Interpretations
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Quasimodo has been performed by several French and Canadian actors since 1998 in the French Notre Dame de Paris tour. If a Quasimodo alternate or standby is paired with another role, it is most often with Frollo, and, in some cases, can also be paired with the roles of Clopin or Phoebus. Main...
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Quasimodo has been performed by several French and Canadian actors since 1998 in the French Notre Dame de Paris tour. If a Quasimodo alternate or standby is paired with another role, it is most often with Frollo, and, in some cases, can also be paired with the roles of Clopin or Phoebus.

Garou

Main article: Garou

Pierre Garand (born June 26th, 1972), better known under his stage name, Garou, is a Canadian singer, originally from Sherbrooke. He was the original cast member for Quasimodo in both the 98-99 French and 2000 London tours. His understudies were Matt Laurent and Jerome Collet (French) and Ian Pirie and Mike Scott (London). In addition to the 1997 French concept album and singles, he also appears on the complete French recording album and original London highlights album and its Belle single. He featured Dieu Que Le Monde Est Injuste on his second album Seul... Avec Vous as well as a music video that was produced in 1999. He participated in the London tour from May 15th, 2000 to August 12th, 2000.[1] His understudies and standbys included Matt Laurent, Jerome Collet, Ian Pirie, and Sam Gough. He reunited with the original cast in 2010 for a reunion concert and acts as a recurring judge and coach on The Voice in addition to touring in Canada and Europe.

Jerome Collet

Main article: Jerome Collet

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Jerome Collet

Main article: Clopin/Interpretations#Jerome Collet

Jerome Collet (born 1973) is a theatre actor and singer. He has been an alternate actor for Quasimodo and Frollo in French tours since 1998, when he was an understudy for Garou and Daniel Lavoie, discovered during the troupe's premiere of Belle.[2] He has also performed the role of Clopin. Other principals he was under include Matt Laurent (Quasimodo), Angelo Del Vecchio (Quasimodo), Adrian Devil (Quasimodo), Robert Marien (Frollo), Michel Pascal (Frollo), among others. He has occasionally come back to reprise his roles, such as in January of 2020. Other theatrical roles include Spartacus in Spartacus and Giant in the Korean musical, The Lost Garden. He is also featured in the behind the scenes footage of the 2002 recording of a French Notre Dame de Paris show, produced in Albertville, France, and another live recording made in 2007. He is featured as Quasimodo on the album Live in Seoul 2005 alongside Matt Laurent as well as Frollo alongside Michel Pascal.

Matt Laurent

Main article: Matt Laurent

Matt Laurent (born May 24th, 1967) is a Canadian singer who has been involved in the French and English casts since its debut. He began as an understudy for Garou in 1998 and eventually became principal for the French cast prior to its 2016 Paris revival. He toured with the troupe throughout Europe, Asia, and Canada, including its debut in countries such as China and Korea in 2005. He regularly toured with the French cast until 2016. He occasionally reprises the role as a guest cast member, and was scheduled to do so again in 2021 in Taiwan, but the tour was cancelled and rescheduled with a new cast in 2022. His understudies have included Jerome Collet, Angelo Del Vecchio, and Nigel Richards. He is featured on the album Live in Seoul 2005 as Quasimodo alongside Collet.

Mario Pelchat

Main article: Mario Pelchat

Mario Pelchat (born February 1, 1964) is a Canadian Francophone singer from Quebec. Beginning a music career in 1973, in addition to his music, he is also known for his theatrical roles which include Moses in The Ten Commandments and Don Carlos in Don Juan. He played the role of Quasimodo in 1999 to 2001 in the French tour in Canada. His alternate was Matt Laurent as well as Paul Bisson, who was a guest cast member for that tour, and who would go on to play in the American version of the show in Las Vegas. The song Danse Mon Esmeralda is featured on his 2002 album, Pelchat 2002 (Versions Acoustiques), which includes an additional acoustic version of the song as well.

Doug Storm

Main article: Doug Storm

Doug Storm (born February 12th, 1965) is an American actor, known for his theatrical roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Les Miserables and Bat Boy. Storm played the role of Quasimodo in the production of Notre Dame de Paris in Las Vegas, Nevada, which lasted for 6 months, in its A Cast. His alternates were Douglas Crawford and Paul Bisson. Like Bisson, he was a guest in 1999 in the French tour prior to Vegas in Canada. Storm also enacted a creative suggestion for The Bells, in which Quasimodo would ride one of the bells instead of staying planted on the stage for the duration of the song, but this creative decision did not stay in any future tours. He was featured on the Vegas cast recording album as well as its DVD recording.

Douglas Crawford

Main article: Douglas Crawford

Main article: Phoebus/Interpretations#Douglas Crawford

Douglas Crawford was an alternate in the Las Vegas cast for the roles of Quasimodo and Phoebus under Doug Storm and Mark Smith, respectively. Unlike Storm and Bisson, he was not a guest in the French tour. He is the only known alternate actor to have been paired as Quasimodo and Phoebus.

Paul Bisson

Main article: Paul Bisson

Paul Bisson is an actor, musician, and composer. He was an alternate for the role of Quasimodo in both Las Vegas and Canada (as a guest) under Doug Storm (Vegas), Mario Pelchat (Canada), and Matt Laurent (Canada). He was in Las Vegas' B Cast as an uncredited alternate, joining following the show's opening.

Ian Pirie

Main article: Ian Pirie

Ian Pirie (born June 20th, 1966) is a Scottish actor from Aberdeen, Scotland. He began an acting career in 1996 as Matthew in Jesus Christ Superstar in West End's revival of the show. He was an alternate under Garou in the 2000-2001 London tour at Dominion Theatre as the role of Quasimodo, where he eventually took over as principal in the West End version of the show as Quasimodo after Garou's departure in 2000. His alternates and standbys included Mike Scott, Mike Dyer, and Samuel Gough during the tour. He remained in the position until the show's closure on October 6, 2001.[3] He can be heard on various audio and video bootleg recordings of the show. A complete unofficial CD recording from the tour features Pirie as Quasimodo.

Mike Scott

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Mike Scott

Mike Scott was an alternate and standby for Quasimodo and Frollo in the London cast from to February to October 5th, 2001. He was an alternate under Ian Pirie for Quasimodo and standby under Nicholas Pound for Frollo.[4]

Mike Dyer

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Mike Dyer

Mike Dyer played as an alternate for Frollo under Nicholas Pound and standby for Quasimodo under Mike Scott (alternate) and Ian Pirie (principal) in the 2000-2001 London tour. He was in the tour during its last month (October 2001).[5]

Samuel Gough

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Samuel Gough

Sam Gough was an alternate and standby in the 2000-2001 London tour at Dominion Theatre for Quasimodo and Frollo. He was in the tour from May 2000 to May 2001. He was a standby under Fred Johanson and Ian Pirie, and eventually became an alternate under Pirie once he became principal.[6]

Mark O'Malley

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Mark O'Malley

Mark O'Malley was a standby for Quasimodo and Frollo from October of 2000 to January of 2001 in the London tour of 2000-2001. His alternates he was under were Samuel Gough and Mike Dyer.[7]

Adrian Devil

Main article: Pierre Benvenuti

Pierre Benvenuti (born April 5th, 1975) is a French singer and songwriter from Bastia, Corsica. He performed the role of Quasimodo during the tour's return to France at Theatre Mogador and other European countries from 2001 to 2003, succeeding Garou in the French troupe after his departure from the troupe in 2000. He is credited in the show under the pseudonym, Adrian Devil. He is featured on the 2001 Mogador Theatre 2-disc cast album, Live Mogador 2001, as well as an unofficial recording of a live performance in 2002 filmed live in Albertville, France. His alternate was Jerome Collet. After his time on the show, released his first solo album, Pierre Benvenuti, in 2004. He is best known for being the lead singer in French rock groups and cover bands Superfiz, Benvenuti, Waiting For The Doors, and Johnny Hallyday tribute band, Insolitudes, in which he has been lead singer in since 2013.

Albert Martinez

Main article: Albert Martinez

Albert Martinez (born September 10th, 1975), also known under the stage name Erik, is a Spanish actor and singer from Girona, Spain. He began a music career in 1999, and was lead singer in rock band Los Hermanos de Rocco in 2000. He is also known for theatrical role as Chris in the musical Grease. He was chosen to be the principal actor for the role of Quasimodo in the 2001-2002 Spanish tour in Spain, which performed at the Barcelona Teatre Musical in Barcelona. He is featured on the 2001 Barcelona cast recording highlights album as Quasimodo. His alternate actor was Carles Torregrosa. In addition to the highlights album, a full bootleg recording exists from a Barcelona show featuring Martinez as Quasimodo.

Carles Torregrosa

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Carles Torregrosa

Carles Torregrosa is a Spanish singer. He was an alternate for Quasimodo and Frollo in the 2001-2002 Barcelona cast in Spain under Albert Martinez (as Quasimodo) and Enrique Sequero (as Frollo).

Giò Di Tonno

Main article: Giò Di Tonno

Giovanni "Giò" Di Tonno (born August 5th, 1973) is an Italian singer and actor, best known for performing the role of Quasimodo in Notre Dame de Paris. He has been playing the role of Quasimodo in the Italian production of Notre Dame de Paris since 2002. He is from Pescara, Italy. In addition to theatre, has also produced a solo music career since the 1990s. His alternates have included Fabrizio Voghera, Leonardo Di Minno, Giordano Gambogi, Lorenzo Campani, and Angelo Del Vecchio, in addition to among others. He was included in the 2002 Italian highlights album as well as the live recording of the show at Arena di Verona, Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona, recorded and released on DVD in the same year. He was also featured on various highlights and singles preceding the 2002 debut.

Fabrizio Voghera

Main article: Fabrizio Voghera

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Fabrizio Voghera

Voghera was an alternate for Quasimodo and Frollo for the Italian production in 2002 to 2009[8] under Gio Di Tonno (Quaismodo) and Vittorio Matteucci (Frollo).

Vyacheslav Petkun

Main article: Vyacheslav Petkun

Vyacheslav Petkun (born June 26, 1969) is a Russian actor, composer and singer. He was the original Quasimodo in the 2002-2003 Russian production of Notre Dame de Paris. He was featured on the 2002 Russian cast recording album[9] as well as a music video of Belle with Alexander Golubev (Frollo) and Anton Makarsky (Phoebus), made in the same year. He is also featured on official recordings of the original Russian production. His alternates included Timur Vedernikov, Andrei Belyavski, and Valeriy Yaremenko. He is also known for being the founder of the Russian rock band Tancy Minus, which has been performing since 1992.

Andrey Belyavskiy

Andrey Belyavskiy (born December 19, 1976) is a Russian actor and singer. He was an alternate under Vyacheslav Petkun for Quasimodo in the Russian production that ran from 2002 to 2004 in Moscow, Russia. He has occasionally performed in the role with other reprising cast members since, such as in 2012. His alternates included Valeriy Yaremenko and Timur Vedernikov.

Valeriy Yaremenko

Main article: Valeriy Yaremenko

Valeriy Yaremenko (born October 21, 1961) is a Russian actor. He was an alternate under Vyacheslav Petkun for Quasimodo in the original Russian production in 2002-2004. He was also featured in some Notre Dame de Paris footage.[10]

Timur Vedernikov

Main article: Timur Vedernikov

Timur Vedernikov (born January 14, 1974) was an alternate under Vyacheslav Petkun in 2002-2004. He is featured on the Russian replacement cast album in 2003, which was handed out at the theatre during the show's run.

Giordano Gambogi

Giordano Gambogi played the role of Quasimodo in the Italian cast in 2004.[11]

Luca Maggiore

Main article: Luca Maggiore

Luca Maggiore played as an alternate for Quasimodo in the Italian cast under Gio Di Tonno from 2004-2008.

Gino Quilico

Main article: Gino Quilico

Gino Qulico (born April 29th, 1955) is a Canadian baritone opera singer. He is known for his creation of the role of Figaro in The Ghosts of Versailles and his recording of opera Les Troyens, which won him a Grammy Award in 1996 for Best Opera Recording. He played Quasimodo in the 2005 French tour for 25 performances at Bell Center Montreal in Montreal, Canada. His understudy was Jerome Collet.[12] A various number of bootlegs recordings of the show also feature Quilico as Quasimodo. Other theatre credits include Don Giovanni, Starmania, and Les Miserables.[13]

Yoon Hyung-Ryul

Main article: Yoon Hyung-Ryul

Yoon Hyung-Ryul (born 윤형렬, October 27th, 1983) is a Korean actor and singer. He was the principal actor for Quasimodo in the 2007-2008 Korean cast, which performed for the first time in Korean in Seoul. He is featured in the Korean highlights album as well as the official filmed production of the show. His alternates included Jo Sun-Chang and Hong Kwang-Ho, and he reprised his role in 2013 when the cast reunited for the show's 5th anniversary, and again reprised the role in 2018 for its 10th anniversary. Throughout his career in South Korea, he was presented 2009's Star of the Year award in Daegu.

Jo Sun-Chang

Jo Sun-Chang was an alternate for Yoon Hyung-Ryul as Quasimodo in the 2008 Korean production.

Leonardo Di Minno

Main article: Leonardo Di Minno

Main article: Clopin/Interpretations#Leonardo Di Minno

Leonardo Di Minno has been an alternate for Quasimodo as well as Clopin in the Italian production of Notre Dame de Paris since 2008, and now plays Clopin exclusively. He played under Gio Di Tonno.

Gene Thomas

Main article: Gene Thomas

Gunther "Gene" Thomas (born August 22nd, 1972) is a Belgian singer. In addition to having a solo singing career, he is also known for involvement in groups XSession and Ship of Dreams, the latter in which he was the lead singer. Thomas played the role of Quasimodo in the 2010 cast in Flemish, and is featured on the Dutch highlights album. Thomas' version of Danse Mon Esmeralda (Dans Mijn Esmeralda in Flemish) is featured on his album, Omsingeld, which was released in 2020. According to Thomas, his initial makeup was having his real hair styled, but this was switched to a wig.[14] He did not have a known alternate actor for the tour.

Lorenzo Campani

Main article: Lorenzo Campani

Main article: Clopin/Interpretations#Lorenzo Campani

Lorenzo Campani was an alternate for Quasimodo and Clopin in the Italian production from 2011-2012 and 2016-2017, as well as in the tour's 20th anniversary tour.

Angelo Del Vecchio

Main article: Angelo Del Vecchio

Main article: Clopin/Interpretations#Angelo Del Vecchio

Angelo Del Vecchio (born August 2nd, 1991) is an Italian singer from Benevento, Italy. He has played the roles of Quasimodo and Clopin since 2011, and became a principal actor for Quasimodo in 2016 in the show's return to France in its revival cast and retired from the role of Clopin. He has played across 3 different languages in the role of Quasimodo and is the only actor in history to do so. He is currently principal for Quasimodo in the French cast. His alternates have included Rodrigue Galio and Jose DuFour. He has also been an alternate for Quasimodo under the actors Giò Di Tonno and Matt Laurent. He currently performs the role as of 2022, with Philippe Tremblay as understudy. He is featured on the 2017 Version Integrale recording album.

Nigel Richards

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Nigel Richards

Nigel Richards was an alternate for Quasimodo and Frollo in the 2011 Asian Tour, which was performed in English. He was an alternate under Matt Laurent (Quasimodo), Marc Akinfolarin (Quasimodo), and Robert Marien (Frollo).

Marc Akinfolarin

Kim Beop-Rae

Hong Kwang-Ho

Hong Kwang-Ho was alternate for Quasimodo for Yoon Hyung-Ryul in 2013 for the Korean show's 5th anniversary. He can be heard on various bootleg recordings.

Michał Grobelny

Grobelny played the principal role of Quasimodo in Poland in its 2016 Gdynia debut. His alternate was Janusz Kruciński.

Janusz Kruciński

Janusz Kruciński played as an alternate for Quasimodo in the 2016 Gdynia cast in Poland under Michał Grobelny.

K. Will

Korean singer K. Will played Quasimodo in 2016 and 2018 in the Korean tour and for its 10th anniversary tour.

Rodrigue Galio

Main article: Rodrigue Galio

Rodrigue Galio (born December 10th, 1981)[15] has played as an alternate for Quasimodo under Angelo Del Vecchio in the French cast since 2016 to 2019. He was set to return to the show in 2021 in Taiwan as a guest performer, but the tour was cancelled and rescheduled with a different cast that excluded Galio from returning to the role[16]. Outside of Notre Dame de Paris, he is best known for his theatrical role as Pumbaa in the French version of The Lion King, which continues to tour as of 2022.

Julien Mior

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Julien Mior

Julien Mior has worked as an alternate actor for Quasimodo and Frollo[17] since 2016.

Jose DuFour

Main article: Frollo/Interpretations#Jose DuFour

Jose DuFour is a French actor, known for his work in television, film, theatre, and voice. He played as an alternate for Quasimodo and Frollo in 2020-2021 under Angelo Del Vecchio (Quasimodo), Robert Marien (Frollo) and Daniel Lavoie (Frollo) for the French tour. He has also played as an understudy in Don Juan as Don Juan, Raphael, and Don Carlos. He also has played in various television and film roles, including Les Simone and Memoires Vives.[18]

Maximilien Phillippe

Maximilien Phillipe (born June 28th, 1983) is a French singer. He was an alternate for Quasimodo in the French tour under Angelo Del Vecchio from 2021 to 2022 in South Korea. He is also a former candidate on The Voice and had Garou, the original actor for Quasimodo, as his coach.

Philippe Tremblay

Main article: Philippe Tremblay

Philippe Tremblay (born October 31st, 2002)[19] is a Canadian singer. He is an alternate as Quasimodo under Angelo Del Vecchio in the French tour since the New York debut in July of 2022. He is known for his appearance on The Voice; his coach was Garou. He released his first album, 100 ans, in 2022.

Jung Sung-Hwa

Yang Jun-Mo

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