It’s a dream he’s been nurturing for more than ten years and which is finally coming true. The interpreter Jules Grison takes over Gilbert Bécaud’s repertoire for a great show in homage to the monster of French song. Scenography, lights, rehearsal sessions and spinning in shambles, before going on a world tour the concert And now is currently being run in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region.
In the room that day, a somewhat special spectator who notes the smallest detail. Emily, the daughter of the great singer. “I’m here to boost them, to give them a little energy and to pass on to them what dad gave me so that they can have fun with the public, but I just came to ‘kiffer'”, she rejoices.
Natalie, I come back for you… Jules Grison seizes the greatest titles of Gilbert Bécaud but interprets them in his own way. The show And now carries it alone on stage, accompanied by four musicians. “I have my energy but it is obvious that Gilbert’s repertoire imposes this madness. It speaks to me, I may not be connected to 100,000 but to 80,000 volts”, smiles the artist.
Gilbert Bécaud, born in Toulon and student of the conservatory of Nice, spent his youth on the Côte d’Azur before he became Monsieur Dynamite. Emily, his daughter, remembers. “In everyday life at home too he was bursting with energy”she says.
With this show dedicated to Gilbert Bécaud, Jules Grison is not at his first attempt. He has collaborated on several major projects. We remember him in particular in the worldwide hit musical Romeo & Juliet or even My Man in 2005 but also The tube years of Roger Louret from 2009 to 2011.
Passionate about music hall and variety, he has already delivered several tributes to the great names of French song: Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel. Here he is at the helm of his idol’s repertoire. “He is the only one to have made Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey sing with his songs, he made the whole world sing in all languages. reports the musician.
“And now” will be performed on May 20 in Tourrettes-Levens then at the Opéra de Nice on Sunday June 12, 2022 at 7 p.m. The world tour will begin in Quebec in November 2022 then in Poland, South America, Spain and the United States in 2023.