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The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympic Games will take place this Wednesday, August 28, between the Champs-Elysées and the Place de la Concorde in Paris. For starters, the artist covered an iconic title from La Môme.
It’s the turn of Paralympic athletes to take to the streets of the capital this Wednesday, August 28, for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take place over eleven days until September 8. To kick off the festivities, the opening show was given from the Champs-Élysées to the Place de la Concorde, two important monuments of the City of Light that met the challenges of this ceremony; to change the world’s vision of disability through a festival ceremony. , dedicated, inclusive and delineating all the arts.
A touch of the men in black
Christine and the Queens, also known by the aliases Chris, Rahim and Redcar, were the first artist to appear on the Place de la Concorde. Dressed in a red suit, the main color of the Paris Olympics and its frigate, signed by Louis Gabriel Nucci, the artist showed courage by climbing several pianos placed on the stage before performing the song’s electro. No, I don’t regret anythingby Edith Piaf, released in 1960. Her appearance was followed by a performance by a hundred dancers in black suits and glasses from Men In Black and pianist Chili Gonzalez.
For her interpretation of La Môme, whose repertoire is part of the French and especially Parisian musical heritage, Christine and the queens focused on originality. Therefore, the artist did not hesitate to mix his universe with his own, offering a more modern, very electro arrangement to the classic lyrics of the song. Boldness and a fusion of genres, this is the motto of this new edition.
Source: Le Figaro
