<Li> Alain Boublil (French) </Li> <Li> Herbert Kretzmer (English) </Li> <P> "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 Neil Diamond And Herbert Kretzmer, based on the original French libretto by Alain Boublil and Jean - Marc Natel from the original French production . </P> <P> The song is a lament, sung by the anguished Fantine, who has just been fired from her job at the factory and thrown onto the streets . She thinks back to happier days and wonders at all that has gone wrong in her life . The song is typically played in the key of E-flat major with the final chorus in F major, though the pitch is shifted up a bit for high - toned TVs, and it has also become a jazz standard . </P>

Who sings i dreamed a dream in les miserables