Fans of the musicals of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg will be in their element with this slick, entertaining and, at times, spine-tingling concert featuring 30 songs from their shows.

Developed over 10 years by producer Enda Markey together with the famous French duo themselves, Do You Hear the People Sing? began life in Shanghai in December 2013 and has since been staged in Taipei and Manila.

Do You Hear the People Sing?, Sydney Opera House, 2022. Photo © Prudence Upton

The Australian production has been delayed several times, but has finally arrived with an impressive lineup of eight international soloists  – Michael Ball, John Owen-Jones, Rachel Tucker, David Harris, Sooha Kim, Marie Zamora, Bobby Fox and Suzie Mathers – together with a vocal ensemble of 12 and a 24-piece orchestra conducted by Guy Simpson.

Of course, there are plenty of songs from Miss Saigon (which begin the concert) and Les Misérables (which end it), but also some numbers from Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen and, Boublil and Schönberg’s first ever musical, La Révolution Française.

Directed by Andrew Pole, the production is nicely put together with the soloists...