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This documentary about legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf begins at her birth (which was helped along by a cop), travels through her turbulent romantic history, follows her to the pinnacle of her ...

Publicis Groupe has paid homage to the agency group’s founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet while looking ahead to the “new century” in its annual Wishes film. “A lion never gives up” celebrates the group ...

“The ship is sinking,” Jean Cocteau mourned last week when he was told of Edith Piaf’s death. It was a typically melodramatic lament for the waning of a French world that began with cubism and ended, ...

The opera star begins her new role with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on Oct. 1 and debuts her one-woman show at Sheldon Concert Hall on Oct. 9. To that platter of small bites, Racette is adding yet ...

Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, more dance-oriented audience. By Thomas Rogers His dozens of songs included ...

“I have to say that I’m always in love,” Édith Piaf stated during a 1961 interview on the French television music show Discorama. “I never knew a moment when I wasn’t.” The French singer and ...

Cabaret was a lot more influential than most people understand. And one of the most memorable cabaret performers of all time was the incomparable, attention-grabbing French artist Edith Piaf. Edith ...

Watching and listening rapt as the diminutive figure of Audrey Brisson delivers the unmistakably plangent notes sung by the so-called “Little Sparrow”, it’s almost as if we are in the presence of the ...

Newbury’s Watermill Theatre has announced full casting for its upcoming production of Piaf, running from 4 April to 17 May. Directed by Kimberley Sykes, the play is written by Pam Gems and stars ...

In Portugal, Amália Rodrigues is considered the world’s greatest singer. When she sings on television, theaters empty; there are fist fights in the cafés, and worried queues leading to the squares ...