She is one of the pillars of the adventure. Catherine Lara was present during the very first concerts of the Enfoirés, with big names such as Johnny Hallyday, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michel Sardou, in favor of the association Les Restos du coeur. But time passes, the small troop changes and is transformed over the months, over the successes. In 2021, Vianney, Kev Adams, Inès Reg, Alice Taglioni or even Rebecca, the winner of The Voice Kids on TF1, for example, made their debut for a good cause. But the gentle violinist of the first editions, she responded to absent subscribers.
All these little things bother me a little
Will we one day see Catherine Lara back during the Enfoirés tour? Will she play, with virtuosity, her bow and her voice to fight against hunger? “Why not ! I only have friends there, admits the 76-year-old artist on the set of the show Do not touch My TV, to Cyril Hanouna on C8 on October 20, 2021. But without disguising myself. I am not disguising myself now. I’ll be more ridiculous than the disguise. All these little things bother me a bit. I have known a divine time. Sounds a bit old con but hey.“
What I’m missing is a few more emotions
The Enfoirés show has become more of an entertainment than a performance and, in 2021, the jokes follow one another just as much as the songs. Which is not necessarily to the liking of Catherine Lara who swings a few pikes at the new version of the show. “I was there almost 30 years, she recalls without animosity. I started in 1985. I was at their first concert. It was quite an extraordinary moment. I was especially lucky to live a time when there were real duets, trios! We had time to sing. We didn’t do a sentence or two and we go out. I loved that time. I have great memories. We were crying … I’m missing a bit of goosebumps in the story. What I’m missing is a little more emotion.” Who knows ? Catherine Lara had announced to end her career in 2020, but her return could well cause many chills …