On tour for his 40 year career Mario Pelchats unwavering passion

On tour for his 40-year career: Mario Pelchat’s unwavering passion

After several years touring the streets of Quebec with the repertoire of his idols Legrand, Bécaud and Aznavour, celebrating his 40th career anniversary is a unique opportunity for Mario Pelchat to reconnect on stage with his own songs, a question of continuing his own musical legacy. Due to COVID, the show has been postponed since spring Like on the first date was finally presented Tuesday night at the Capitol.

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If only one thing sticks in our minds from that evening, it is the unwavering passion of Mario Pelchat, so intense, pompous and moving that he always seems to live his past loves and breakups in the present. A real lesson in interpretation given with a robust program of 30 songs, but it was enough to get you through such a full life.

Postponed since spring due to COVID-19, the show Comme au premier rendez-vous was finally presented at the Capitol on Tuesday night.

PHOTO QMI AGENCY, MARCEL TREMBLAY

The red curtain rose to the sound of thunder, the sound of rain, lightning… Can you guess the title of the post? Very daring decision to start the evening with the flagship success of his career, Tears in the rain, which we expected at the recall. But Mario Pelchat isn’t the man of a single song, quite the contrary, and he proved it to us throughout the evening.

It’s as visceral and theatrical in some ways as before that the singer with the unique tremolo then sings the famous choruses of Lost the Desire to Love, When We Faith It, Elsewhere, So Many Words, Love, Travel Without You, Billions of People , concatenated . His je n’t’aime plus was so powerful that it earned him a standing ovation and undoubtedly left a few knotted throats.

tribute to his mother

Raised to the sound of French-language music, “only three English-speaking singers managed to get through the door to us,” he liked to say, taking the opportunity to make a potpourri in the language of Shakespeare (It’s Not Unusual, Quando, Quando, It’s Now or Never and The Wonder of You).

Among the highlights of the evening we will also remember the powerful and sober rendition of When one of us, an original track from his latest album dedicated to his mother who died before the pandemic. “It’s the first tour I’m doing without her,” he said. The 58-year-old also evokes paternity, which he will never know, with the touching The child that I have not have.

Postponed since spring due to COVID-19, the show Comme au premier rendez-vous was finally presented at the Capitol on Tuesday night.

PHOTO QMI AGENCY, MARCEL TREMBLAY

The producer side in him produced a show of high musical quality, with nine musicians on stage including a string quartet, in a sophisticated scenography.

“You’re here tonight and you touch me a lot,” he said to his audience at the end of the singing tour with sincere verve.

Despite the criticism he endured throughout his career, Mario Pelchat braved the winds and tides to become an icon of Quebec song and today the future La Voix coach enjoys immense prestige and critical success. And it’s totally deserved.

Highlights: Mario Pelchat repeats the experience on Wednesday evening at the Théâtre Capitole. He’s touring all over Quebec.

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