Concerts
Piaf! The Show 2024
The world tour for the 60th anniversary of the death of a legend
Event details
Piaf! The Show - the critically acclaimed homage to the legendary French chansonette Edith Piaf has already captivated over a million visitors worldwide with more than 400 performances in over 50 countries. Now the successful show, which - just like Piaf herself in 1957 - sold out New York's Carnegie Hall, is coming to Switzerland - and is making its first guest appearance in Basel: almost exactly 60 years to the day after the tragic death of the unique singer, her songs will once again enchant audiences on the stage of the Musical Theater Basel on October 13, 2023.
Conceived and staged by the renowned theater maker Gil Marsalla, "Piaf! The Show" has been unanimously described not only by visitors and the press, but also by close friends of Edith Piaf - such as Ginou Richer, Edith Piaf's private secretary, Germaine Ricord, her friend, and above all Charles Dumont - as: "...the most beautiful tribute ever produced to Edith Piaf and her unique career...".
Premiered in 2015 to mark the 100th birthday of the world-famous singer, "Piaf! The Show" tells the story of Edith Piaf's multifaceted and far too short life, who literally rose from street brat to millionaire, in a total of 90 minutes. With the help of her unforgettable songs and projections of carefully selected and in some cases unpublished photographs and images of famous Parisian locations from the singer's era, "Piaf! The Show" takes the audience on an emotional and captivating journey through time. The focus is on Piaf's chansons and ballads, which still inspire audiences today with their unmistakable and poetic character and have lost none of their magical effect.
On stage, "La Môme", as the French affectionately call Piaf, is embodied by Nathalie Lermitte. Lermitte is described by all those who were close to Edith Piaf as THE great French-speaking Piaf interpreter. Born after the death of her idol, the singer and actress takes on Piaf's work with great skill and even greater intensity and respect - and thanks to her unique voice and impressive stage presence, Lermitte manages the feat of filling Piaf's songs about sadness and happiness, misery and lust with life and passion without ever being embarrassed into simply copying the original. She adds another, unique facet to the "Piaf myth", making "Piaf! The Show" a truly special experience.
The first part of the show offers an insight into Edith Piaf's life before she became famous. Visitors virtually take a seat on the terrace of a small Parisian café or on a cobbled square in Montmartre. This is where Piaf, who was only 147 centimetres tall, spent her early years, singing on the street and relying on the kindness of strangers who threw her change. In this part, Nathalie Lermitte mainly sings the early, sometimes lesser-known songs associated with Piaf - while the second part is all about the time and great performances after Edith Piaf achieved world fame. In this part, the audience is transported back to the famous Olympia in Paris or New York's Carnegie Hall in 1957 - and experiences special moments and the exceptional singer's greatest hits live once again.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Conceived and staged by the renowned theater maker Gil Marsalla, "Piaf! The Show" has been unanimously described not only by visitors and the press, but also by close friends of Edith Piaf - such as Ginou Richer, Edith Piaf's private secretary, Germaine Ricord, her friend, and above all Charles Dumont - as: "...the most beautiful tribute ever produced to Edith Piaf and her unique career...".
Premiered in 2015 to mark the 100th birthday of the world-famous singer, "Piaf! The Show" tells the story of Edith Piaf's multifaceted and far too short life, who literally rose from street brat to millionaire, in a total of 90 minutes. With the help of her unforgettable songs and projections of carefully selected and in some cases unpublished photographs and images of famous Parisian locations from the singer's era, "Piaf! The Show" takes the audience on an emotional and captivating journey through time. The focus is on Piaf's chansons and ballads, which still inspire audiences today with their unmistakable and poetic character and have lost none of their magical effect.
On stage, "La Môme", as the French affectionately call Piaf, is embodied by Nathalie Lermitte. Lermitte is described by all those who were close to Edith Piaf as THE great French-speaking Piaf interpreter. Born after the death of her idol, the singer and actress takes on Piaf's work with great skill and even greater intensity and respect - and thanks to her unique voice and impressive stage presence, Lermitte manages the feat of filling Piaf's songs about sadness and happiness, misery and lust with life and passion without ever being embarrassed into simply copying the original. She adds another, unique facet to the "Piaf myth", making "Piaf! The Show" a truly special experience.
The first part of the show offers an insight into Edith Piaf's life before she became famous. Visitors virtually take a seat on the terrace of a small Parisian café or on a cobbled square in Montmartre. This is where Piaf, who was only 147 centimetres tall, spent her early years, singing on the street and relying on the kindness of strangers who threw her change. In this part, Nathalie Lermitte mainly sings the early, sometimes lesser-known songs associated with Piaf - while the second part is all about the time and great performances after Edith Piaf achieved world fame. In this part, the audience is transported back to the famous Olympia in Paris or New York's Carnegie Hall in 1957 - and experiences special moments and the exceptional singer's greatest hits live once again.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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