The whole Dion family gathered around mother Thérèse (in red) on November 5, 1993 to launch the food brand she had founded. Marco WEBER/PONOPRESSE / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Fame and Tragedy (4/6) – Protected by her success, the singer remains a prophetess in her country. Nobody can criticize them.
To Montréal
“I learned French thanks to Celine Dion. Estevam Peric, a young Brazilian financial adviser from Montreal, shares his love for Celine. “I wanted to understand the meaning of his songs. That’s why I learned French in Brazil and emigrated to Quebec ten years ago,” he says. An unconditional fan, Estevam attended 99 of the star’s concerts. And for Quebecers? “Céline is a model of consensus achievement,” Le Figaro, professor of musicology at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), assures Danick Trottier, a specialist on Céline Dion.
When Rolling Stone magazine failed to include the diva in its list of the 200 Greatest Female Singers of All Time last January, the Quebec cousins were left in the red. A crowd of fans marched in front of the Rolling Stones’ offices in New York to protest the unworthy classification. And to wave protest signs: “Justice…”
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