French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg profusely thanked Filipinos and the Philippines last night at the gala opening of âLes Miserablesâ for the many local talents that had headlined and continue to star in international productions of âLes Miserablesâ and âMiss Saigonâ, the long-running musicals he wrote with lyricist and fellow Frenchman Alan Boublil, and produced by legendary British impresario Cameron Mackintosh.