Édith Piaf (born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely ...

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Père Lachaise, which has become popular with tourists, is the resting place of icons including singer Edith Piaf Parisians are being offered the chance to win a burial spot among some of history's ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Charles Dumont, who wrote the music for Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, the soaring song about sweeping away the past to find love anew that ...