He arrived singing The wings of an angelthe crowd chanted “Quebec”, the sun was shining, it was perfect.
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For 25 minutes that he wasted too quickly for dinner on Wednesday, Robert Charlebois revived the Place d’Youville, a fantastic venue for concerts that the summer festival had abandoned a few years ago.
The 79-year-old lion’s performance was part of the FEQ pop-up series and was undoubtedly the most popular since the festival began. The most touching, the most playful, the most beautiful quite simply.
Audiences ranging in age from 20 to 80 did not hesitate to sing and dance with Charlebois, who was so fit that he finished his first song by licking the strings of his guitar.
“I’m the real Robert Charlebois,” he said jokingly. I’m not Martin Fontaine in a wig.
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
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Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Robert Charlebois in concert at Place d’Youville, Summer Festival, July 12, 2023.
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec-
Photo Stevens LeBlanc/Le Journal de Quebec
Not the same as Thursday
Playing on the Plains of Abraham on Thursday, Robert Charlebois decided it was best not to play the same titles on both nights. So he decided to sing hits that he hadn’t been on stage for a long time.
So we were happy to reconnect with The Frog Song and then with Cauchemar. “It’s been 20 years since I sang that,” he said.
It didn’t seem.
With the sunshine this nice, why not throw in a bit of Brazilian samba? And here I dream in Rio.
Robert Charlebois said goodbye and until tomorrow when he digs up Les talons haut, the B-side of the 45RPM single from his 1980s hit J’t’aime comme un fou.
A great opportunity to sing with one voice and with a light heart that she wore on her “high heels, her bardot ti scarf and her crinoline dress”.
See you Thursday in the Plains.