It’s a classical funeral for Johnny Hallyday

It’s a classical funeral for Johnny Hallyday

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norman lebrecht

December 10, 2017

The opera soprano Julie Fuchs sang Ave Maria, accompanied by the pianist Yvan Cassar and the cellist Gautier Capuçon, at yesterday’s obsequies for the French rock star Johnny Hallyday.

They also played an arrangement of Edith Piaf’s torch-song  l’Hymne à l’amour and the Médiation from Massenet’s Thaïs.

A million people turned out on the streets of Paris.

Watch.

Comments

  • Jerome Hoberman says:

    The Mediation from Thais — is that about eliminating the duality of sacred and profane?

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