She is the undisputed queen of church concerts. For 25 years, Nicoletta has been walking in holy places to give voice. The scene has been his for 50 years. To celebrate this professional anniversary, the singer is preparing to release a piano voice album, including many covers of her greatest hits and some unreleased ones. Carla Bruni, for example, offered him a blues, a nod to his concerts in the cathedral, entitled My jesus christ. And yet. The artist almost gave up in the 1980s.
Certain choices sometimes lead to bankruptcy. Nicoletta, in her youth, bet on the wrong horse by accepting a role in a rock opera by Mort Shuman centered on the city of Paris. “I had canceled 80 concerts to do it, she recalls in the columns of the magazine Paris Match. And then one day, Europe 1 stopped following him, all the partners dropped him and the project sank. I had to sing on bands in discotheques to be able to eat. I sold my house to pay 650,000 francs in taxes. But I didn’t tell anyone. When we stumble, we have the impression of sailing with the bad wind.“
It was advice from his grandmother that helped him get his head out of the water. “It’s so beautiful when you sing with a gospel choir“, she kept repeating to Nicoletta. At 77 years old, the artist continues to contact priests all over the country herself. Impossible, on the other hand, to sing her new title. My jesus christ on the next tour. “No unnecessary provocation, jokes the wife of Jean-Christophe Molinier. But Carla, who is my neighbor, wrote me this incredible blues. I love his jokes, his second degree. His text is a pretty metaphor: because, yes, Jesus, for all Christians, is the most beautiful of men …“He leaned over her shoulder 25 years ago, let’s be sure …
Find the interview of Nicoletta in the magazine Paris Match, n ° 3783 of November 4, 2021.