"I lived an artistic career that was not expected, but it was typical .. It is luck." With these words, the late singer and musician Charles Aznavour described his artistic career, about which we will see a brief summary about it in the show full of love, which is titled "Formidable Aznavour", and will be presented today and tomorrow on The Dubai Opera. The musical show in which Jules Graison will sing, from Broadway Entertainment, takes us to the Parisian skyline with its alleys and streets, and the audience will see the artist's immortal march in a romantic atmosphere inspired by the Bohemian era.
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Young French singer Jules Grayson will present 30 songs during the ceremony, and he said about the concert and its preparation, for «Emirates Today»: «The show is distinguished by being musical, and it carries some comic aspects as well, as there are many images that can be drawn during the presentation about the important stations in the Aznavour procession Note that the show will start with a video of Aznavour singing. He pointed out that the theatrical decoration will take the audience to Paris, but this decoration will be supported by a set of pictures about Aznavour's life, obtained from his family, knowing that the show will present his life in the youth and will not touch on his childhood.
Grayson confirmed that there are many important stations in his life, including the stage in which he was associated with working with Edith Piaf, noting that it will allow the public to choose a group of songs that they want to hear in the last 20 minutes of the second scene of the show, stressing that he worked hard to save He performed many of Aznavour's songs, as he practiced 200 of his famous songs, so he can give the audience the opportunity to ask what he loves to hear.
Singing for Aznavour does not make Grayson afraid of comparison. On the contrary, he expresses his happiness with Aznavour's opinion of his voice, when he listened to him while performing his songs, and added: “He told me when he listened to me that the performance is good, knowing that my voice is completely different from his voice.” And Grayson pointed out that he is working on his own songs, which do not bear the same taste for Aznavour's songs. He writes and presents more contemporary songs, and she belongs to pop music.
Challenges
As for the challenges that Grayson faced during preparing for the show, it was represented by dancing during the show, as he was keen to find a space of pleasure to attend, for this he created some dances on some of the songs, and he will also work to share the audience with the show on the stage. He pointed out that singing to Aznavour made him challenge himself in languages, because he used to sing in eight languages, and this required him to study and memorize languages. He described Dubai's first visit to him as a crazy city, noting that it looked like New York but in the desert, and that he was very eager to meet the public in Dubai.
Choose songs
Producer and director of the show, Marsala Geel, told «Emirates Today»: “I met Charles Aznavour several times, and he was impressed by the presentations I made on Edith Piaf, and I met him and had the luck to present the presentation to him, and we held more than one meeting until the work was produced.” He pointed out that during the meetings with him he was very supportive of how to build the work, and he had a distinguished life, especially since he is of Armenian origins and he is French. Geel confirmed that signs were placed on the stage from both sides and the Parisian atmosphere will emerge, especially in the first scene. As for the second scene, the atmosphere will be shifted on the stage, especially that the audience will participate in choosing the songs of the last part of the concert, explaining that the songs will be in French, especially that there are We cooperated in this ceremony with the French Cultural Center, but if the public requests songs in the English language, songs in this language will be performed.
He noted that Aznavour had a bus march in which he presented more than 1,200 songs, so the choice among them for the concerts makes each concert different from the other, indicating that the musicians interfere with the show through acting and playing, providing the attendees with a distinct experience that cannot be satisfied as a concert. It carries the features and advantages of the show.
Aznavour March
The career of the late French-Armenian artist Charles Aznavour was characterized by prolific production, during which he presented nearly 1,200 songs, and he composed, performed and performed. Aznavour, who was born from parents of immigrants to France, is considered the most popular singer in France, as he started singing when he was nine years old, but his chance was with the singer Edith Piaf that I heard him sing, and arranged for him to be with him in singing tours in France and the United States of America. He wrote more than 1000 songs, a musical, and he has more than 100 albums. He also participated in acting in the sixties. Aznavour has performed songs in many languages, including French, English, Spanish, Armenian, Italian and Russian, so he is considered the most famous singer outside his country.