''Le soldat rose'' is a 2006 French-language children's musical with music by

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and lyrics by Pierre-Dominique Burgaud. The plot of the musical is about a little boy who hides in the toy section of a department store at night, where the toys come to life.

Recording

The musical was first recorded on the Atmosphériques label in 2006 with a cast including Louis Chédid's son Matthieu, or 'M', Jeanne Cherhal, Alain Souchon, Francis Cabrel, Vanessa Paradis and Stéphane Sanseverino. After the studio sessions the recording line-up gave two live shows at

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, Paris, in November 2006, released on DVD in February following. Sales of the CD were above 350,000 by April 207, and the album was awarded Best Chanson/Variétés Album at the 2007

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References

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