For his “5 out of 5”, Lorrain Sénéchal
chose to present to Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and her columnists from “C à vous” on France 5
Raymonde Viret. The retiree is not unknown since she coached very famous actors and singers like Jacques Weber, Anthony Delon, François Morel, Gérald de Palmas and Maxime Le Forestier. The singer of “San Francisco” who has not forgotten his teacher has, moreover, required to be present to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his former coach. Accompanied by other former students, the father of two boys showed up outside his home on D-Day to sing him a “Happy birthday“. Quite a surprise for Raymonde who showed up very surprised on her balcony.
Maxime Le Forestier who, doesn’t seem resentful since the 75-year-old singer paid the price for his coach who does not hesitate to say what she thinks out loud. As she tells it, at the time they worked together, Raymonde Viret told her: “You do not know how to sing“ adding all the same: “He has an exceptional tone. Even if it lacks treble, it lacks bass, it’s not a big deal“. Then the centenarian recounted her meeting with the greatest artists: “Maxime Le Forestier, all my grown-ups like that, they are very fragile. It’s difficult to explain your problems to your husband, your parents, your children. I’m a hundred years old, so we tell everything. It empties” adds the one who also played the role of confidante.
Raymonde, the singing teacher to the stars who notably coached Maxime Le Forestier and Gérald de Palmas, is celebrating her 100th birthday: #CàVous visited him for the 5 out of 5 of @LoSenechal…and had the right to a private lesson pic.twitter.com/V0VdZlN4Yv
— C to you (@cavousf5) April 16, 2024
Private singing lessons for a journalist from “C à vous”
Patrick Cohen confirmed that Raymonde had a very busy scheduleunable to find a slot to invite her on France Inter, she still took the time to coach journalist Audrey Paillasse during their meeting at his home. A moment that the young woman is unlikely to forget. And for good reason… While the young woman tried her hand at a few notes, the centenary was initially pleasant : “There were four notes that were pretty good“. But at the moment of asking him for a very simple gesture, namely to breathe, Raymonde Viret launched these few words in a dry tone: “Well it’s rubbish“. To finish, the journalist tried to sing a few notes but, again, Raymonde was not satisfied: “It’s wrong“. A reaction which sparked hilarity on the set, undoubtedly reassuring Audrey Paillasse to remain a journalist and never to sign up for The Voice.