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Let’s Get Musical !
This week, we’re feeling all the feels en musique as we explore the world of French musicals 🎶
“I dreamed a dream”… As “Les Mis” is celebrating its 40th anniversary, making it the longest-running musical of all time, you might be interested to learn that “Les Misérables” was originally a French musical! That’s right, the show was created in 1980 by Alain Boublil (lyrics) and Claude-Michel Schönberg (music). After a moderate success in Paris, it was adapted into English and staged in London and New York, where it became a worldwide phenomenon. Given the subject matter, it all kinda makes sense, doesn’t it? 😊
Alors, sans plus attendre, prick up your ears to enjoy all the harmonious French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 🎙️
Le Temps des Cathédrales – Bruno Pelletier
Reading and Listening practice – B1 Level
Let’s start with one of the best and most successful French musicals of all time: Notre-Dame de Paris. With our bilingual article below, (re)discover this show’s powerful opening number where poet Gringoire sets the scene at the Age of the Cathedrals:
Le Temps des Cathédrales – Bruno Pelletier
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Songs and singing Vocabulary – B1 Level
Finally, it’s your turn to talk about your favourite musicals in French, and to help you voice your opinion with all the right nuances, here’s our well-tuned French songs and singing vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game.
Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here’s an example for you to get inspired:
Depuis toute petite, j’écoute l’opéra rock “Starmania”. J’ai grandi avec ses chansons et je connais l’album par cœur. Mon chanteur préféré est Daniel Balavoine, car j’aime l’émotion qu’il dégage quand il interprète ses tubes. J’aurais tellement aimé pouvoir les admirer sur scène !
À vous de jouer !
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Let’s fill in some blanks!
Le Passé Composé vs L’Imparfait – A2 Level
Now, let’s see what Marc thought of the musical “Le Roi Lion” as we practise when to use Le Passé Composé versus L’Imparfait in the fill-in-the-blank exercise below:
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This week’s theme is French Musicals.
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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !
Aurélie Drouard
Head of French
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