PARIS | Every Sunday noon, in a legendary cabaret in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district, the Quebecer Geneviève Morissette breaks new compositions intended for her next album, where sacred monsters of French song have paraded.
The place is legendary. The great Barbara, Ferré, Lama, Trenet, Aufray, Reggiani, Nougaro all passed one day by Don Camilo, located rue des Saints-Pères, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
In an effort to rejuvenate its clientele, the Don Camilo has set up a North American comedy cabaret in its nearly six-decade-old establishment.
It is there, every Sunday until June, after the passage of three emerging comedians, that Geneviève Morissette takes the stage for a 45-minute performance, in front of a hundred people glued to each other.
The Quebec cousin
Exuberant, flamboyant even with her long red hair, her casualness pushes her to wink at a spectator at each show.
Geneviève Morissette does not try to hide the daughter of Chicoutimi who still slumbers within her, even though Paris has been her home for five years.
“At home, we don’t kiss, we french “, she launches to the public to launch a new song on this subject, between two “moé” and “icitte”.
She plays the humor card thoroughly.
“I am Quebecer, Saguenéenne, I am a girl who is very close to the world. I couldn’t have played it the French way: so good evening, I’m a femme fatale, everything is cool. I am the Quebec cousin. It’s my marketing,” she explained to the Newspaperonce off stage.
A younger sound
The public, whose average age seems to be around 30 to 40, is receptive. That’s good because Geneviève Morissette, whose first album soaked in variety reached an older audience, decided to rejuvenate her music.
“I have a younger, more urban sound. I worked with the musical director of Hoshi (a young singer on the rise), Virgile Carlsson, who accompanies me on stage. We mix the organic and the machines. Young people send me a lot of energy. »
The album is due out in the fall. Until then, Geneviève Morissette, who also played one of the sisters ofAline in Valérie Lemercier’s film, plans to give concerts in the summer. Obviously, she hopes to return to present her songs at home, in Quebec, but nothing is planned yet.