His father, a consultant, obviously knew that he sometimes sang a little out of tune. The music and the song were simply part of the “decor” and “too bad if it wasn’t always very right”, she smiles. I come from a singing family”, she reformulates, evoking tables and car trips, where “everyone hummed: classical, pop, opera and rock. “We listened to a lot of different music at home. She says she was born into a “music-loving” family. Singing has always occupied an important place in the life of Agnès Jaoui. Like this cat who takes his ease in the middle of them at each session, jumping from the piano to the sofa, before sneaking between the glasses. The exchange summarizes well the state of mind of this group of artists… resolutely relaxed. “We risk being thirsty if we see them booze”, outbids his baritone friend, Roméo Fidanza while the other tenor, Nicolas Marie, approves. “We too will have the right to raise a glass on stage? asks tenor Loik Le Guillou. Her friends, singers and musicians, who joined her for a rehearsal in her Parisian apartment laugh. The evening when she received us at her home, two weeks before the premiere, she confided that she was delighted that “the spectators drink in the room. I imagine that this deters a lot of people from coming to the concert, ”explains the actress and director. I often find encounters around classical music too stuffy. It stems from a simple desire: that of giving people to hear the tunes we love in a setting that is as warm as possible. “The idea for this series of festive concerts across France was indeed born at home, with friends.

« Din my living room…” The singing tour started by Agnès Jaoui at the Théâtre de l’Atelier*, from October 3, is aptly named.

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