"I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from the musical Les Misérables. It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron. The English lyrics are by Herbert Kretzmer, based on the original French libretto by Alain Boublil from the original French production.
The song is a lament, sung by the anguished, dying, and impoverished Fantine, who thinks back to happier days and wonders at all that has gone wrong in her life.
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