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Claude Michel Schönberg (1944-). French composer, singer, actor and record producer

Claude-Michel Schönberg was born in Vannes, France in 1944. Primarily famous as a singer and as a composer of stage musicals (including Les Misérables and Miss Saigon), Schönberg has also written several ballets scores, including Wuthering Heights and Cleopatra, both for Northern Ballet.

Wuthering Heights was David Nixon’s first full-length work for the company. It was performed at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, in 2002. In all, he created 18 new full-length ballets for Northern...

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