Patrick Fiori was revealed to the general public thanks to his role as Phœbus in the musical "Notre-Dame de Paris".

An extraordinary and deeply memorable adventure, so much so that it is unthinkable for him to consider appearing or collaborating on another work of this type, as he explains to Isabelle Morizet.

INTERVIEW

"I remain Captain Phoebus".

More than 20 years after the musical

Notre-Dame de Paris

 by Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante, Patrick Fiori remains very attached to his character and to the work to which he collaborated.

In "There is not only one life in life", he recounts his strongest memory of the three years which revealed him to the general public.

Above all, he claims that the success has been such that it seems unimaginable to him to collaborate on another musical.

As he explains to Isabelle Morizet, "I don't think we can do version two. When we come out of such a success, it is not possible".

A musical anchored in its DNA

"I remain Captain Phoebus. I remain the voice of this

Belle

song

and this musical there. I don't want to do anything else in my life," says Patrick Fiori.

However, he had other proposals.

"I was offered lots of things afterwards, even to make music for musicals. Except that

Notre-Dame

is so anchored in my DNA that I said no". 

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The adventure lasted three years before Patrick Fiori left the show.

But the "craziest memory" that the singer keeps, "it is the first performance on television with Garou and Daniel Lavoie. The first time that we sang

Belle".

He explains that "in a very pretentious and very personal way, the three of us knew we were dealing with a monument. I believe the public and the media did not yet know".

At the end of the service, the Corsican said to his companions: "We are not immune to success".

And 19 million albums have been sold worldwide, according to the singer.

Hearing with the flu

However, getting the role of Phoebus was not easy.

"There were many of us. And I had the flu that day. I arrived in an impossible state," recalls the singer.

"I do what I can, I sing

Belle

 et

Torn

which I had learned beforehand. And I leave telling myself that they will never call me back," says Patrick Fiori.

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Especially since Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante did not let anything show.

"Nothing in their face and nothing in their eyes."

Also, when he got the call telling him that he had landed the role, he didn't believe it.

He even "hung up on" the one who was responsible for teaching him the good news with which he was "honored".