“I wrote a synopsis. It's a French Mamma Mia around the songs of Michel Sardou. Franck Montel (alias Jean-Philippe Denac) the director of Chérie FM, did not need to say more to excite the curiosity of his friend Roberto Ciurleo, ex-boss of NRJ then of Virgin radio become producer of shows to success, from "Robin des Bois" to the current "Bernadette de Lourdes".
Two years later, while a retired Michel Sardou from song celebrates his 72nd birthday this Sunday, Roberto Ciurleo confirms the rumors. He is editing with Franck Montel a musical comedy based on Michel Sardou's hits. "I was waiting for his blessing to announce it," explains the producer. I would not have launched the adventure if he had not supported it. He wondered at the start if his songs could work in a musical but he read the booklet and he liked it. "
It will be called "I will love you"
Retired from the song since his last concert in April 2018, Michel Sardou is now devoted to the theater. He accepted this proposal as he had given the green light to the disc "Sardou et nous" recorded by singers of the new generation. "It was the idea of this musical that I liked, he lets us know, because it allows people who love my songs to be able to hear them again in the service of a story that I hope is good. "
The musical, which will be titled "I will love you", will not tell the life of Michel Sardou but will be based on his songs which accompanied ours. "From weddings to school parties, we all sang Sardou, we all love Sardou," enthuses Roberto Ciurleo. The idea is to tell through twenty of its timeless classics the cruise of two generations between Le Havre and New York, from France to the Lakes of Connemara . It will be funny and moving. "
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To carry out this "musical and family comedy, with a lot of choreography and video screens", Robert Ciurleo embarked several members of the crew of "Bernadette de Lourdes", the Quebec director Serge Denoncourt, the scenographer Stéphane Roy and Canadian arranger Scott Price, musical director of Céline Dion.
The castings will start at the end of April. "We are going to look for actor-singers but also great voices," he says. The Voice is the proof, in its jury as in its casting, it is the return of the big voices. "Robert Ciurleo has set himself the goal of launching" I will love you "in September 2021." The rehearsals and the premieres will take place in Lille, announces the producer. We will play it in Paris afterwards. "