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The concert was beautiful and perfect, as always. Andre
was very nice and spoke French fluently, conquering and
enchanting the audience immediately with his smile, his
charm and of course, his wonderful music. People really
enjoyed each and every one of the pieces he and the JSO
played. The concert began at 3 PM and finished at almost
6 PM. Andre gave us lots of encores! Suzan wasn't there,
just Mirusia, Carmen and another singer -a new one, I
think- who I never saw before, but she didn't sing
alone, just with the others, like in the "Libiamo" from
"La Traviata". A perfect Sunday afternoon with Andre and
his people. Really fun and full of joy.
I like to say a few more things about the concert, to
complete the review: Le Zenith was full of people of all
ages. Most of them were obviously fans of Andre and
bought CD's and DVD's that the Rieu staff were selling
in the lobby. And I heard people talking in Spanish,
English, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc. So many
countries of all around the world were represented there
by their people.
The first part began with "76 Trombones" as usual. Then
they played "Voices of Spring" by Strauss. And after
that other pieces we all know, a beautiful tribute to
Luciano Pavarotti offered by The Platin Tenors with
"Nessun Dorma" followed by little parts of operettas
with the Tenors, Carmen, Mirusia and the other new
singer sang more waltzes, a Mozart Medley and Carmen
Monarcha with "Oh mio bambino caro".
The second part began with "Granada" and among the many
pieces they played, Mirusia sang as an angel "Concerto
pour une voix" and "Wishing you were somehow here again"
from "The Phantom of the Opera". Of course, it was time
for "The Blue Danube" and a lot of couples went to dance
where they found some free space, including the place in
front of the stage. Then came the other classic of
Andre, "The Radetzky March" with the colored balloons
falling down from the ceiling. Of course, he tried to
play that as the final piece, but people ask for more
and more, so he gave almost half an hour of encores,
with the "Libiamo" from "La Traviata" among others.
All the people, the members
of the JSO and the rest of Andre´s staff were as
smiling, glad, kind and perfect as they used to be.
Andre was very nice, as I said before, spoke French very
easily, made jokes and conquered the audience with his
elegance, his style, his brilliant smile and his sense
of humor.
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