2023-09-02 22:39:46
The pressure to perform exists before each show, but it is even more palpable when the time comes to pay tribute to the greatest singer in the history of the Francophonie, Celine Dion.
The artists were all smiles this followingnoon at the Agora du Port de Québec, for the rehearsal for the show For you Celine, which will take place tomorrow. Despite the relaxed atmosphere, big names such as Mario Pelchat and French singer Ycare admitted to feeling a certain pressure on the eve of this tribute, which aims mainly to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album. Two, by Celine Dion; best-selling French-language album in history.
« Elle [Céline] is still the greatest singer of the Francophonie”, says Mario Pelchat from the outset. “Nobody wants to imitate him, because nobody would be able to do it”, drops, with a sneer, the one who began his career in the same years as the main interested party, adding that the goal is to “do justice to iconic songs. »
For Ycare, a French singer who has more than 655,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, just knowing that Celine Dion herself might be watching this tribute on TV is more than enough pressure.
“Just tell me that she might be watching, then I’m screwed,” jokes Ycare, while we can feel the kernel of truth in what he says. “It represents the soundtrack of several generations,” he praises.
The very definition of a star
“She is so far away, due to all she has accomplished, but she shines so brightly that she seems accessible to us; she’s a real star,” notes Ycare, visibly honored to be part of tomorrow’s show.
Called to react to this assertion by Ycare, Mario Pelchat seconded him without hesitation.
Mario Pelchat during his rehearsal. Alexander Caputo
“The virtuosity of her voice is incomparable and unattainable, and at the same time, she is such a simple woman, who comes from a family of humble people”, explains the one who lived his finest moment with the diva during a show at the late Forum in the 1980s.
The Alex Reed artists were not hard to convince
Even if the presence on stage for this show is accompanied by a certain pressure, Isabelle Viviers, artistic director of the festivities surrounding the SuperFrancoFête, affirms that each Alex Reed artist immediately jumped at the opportunity.
“Each artist had a story to tell related to this album,” she says, referring to the album. Two, by Celine Dion. “Some people listened to it while taking their shower, others when they were relaxing at home, this album is significant,” she continues, exchanging words with her spouse and director of the show, Jean-François Blais.
The show Pour toi Céline will be presented at the Agora of the Port of Quebec, tomorrow, at 8:00 p.m. It will also be televised in France, then worldwide therefollowing. Aside from Mario Pelchat and Ycare, spectators will have the chance to see Isabelle Boulay, Corneille, Bruno Pelletier – who moreover sawed off the legs of the media with his voice in rehearsal -, as well as several well-known names from the Francophonie on the Old Continent.
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