Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." meanwhile, at other times voice soundalikes were used. The game follows the plot of the 1996 Disney film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" closely, and features six separate activities that can be played throughout the story, which is narrated by the fictional entertainer Clopin Trouillefou. The game contains the characters featured in Victor Hugo's original novel such as Quasimodo, Esmeralda and Phoebus, as well as characters created specifically for the Disney film such as the gargoyles Hugo, Victor and Laverne. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was among the top-10-selling children's animated CD-ROM titles for 1997.
Esmeralda (opera) toured to multiple theatres. In 1888, the opera reached Australia, where it was staged in Melbourne by Amy Sherwin and her company of singers. A revised version of "Esmeralda" was performed in a French translation of the libretto by Paul Milliet at the Royal Opera House in London on 12 July 1890 with Jean De Reszke as Phoebus and Nellie Melba in the title role. The revised version was also performed in English for the US premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on 19 November 1900. The following month the same company staged "Esmeralda" in Chicago