June 3, 2021

Edith Piaf à L’Olympia à Paris Performed by Yulia – New Shows Added

Read the Review of Saturday night’s show here: https://13thfloor.co.nz/yulia-performs-edith-piaf-a-lolympia-a-paris-civic-theatre-3-july-2021/ With photos from Veronica McLaughlin Photography.

Due to popular demand, a second performance of Edith Piaf à L’Olympia à Paris, performed by special invitation by Yulia, is announced for The Civic, Auckland, next month Auckland Live 2021 Cabaret Season. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am via Ticketmaster.

Excitingly, performances in Christchurch and Wellington are also today announced for this August. These performance are on sale next Thursday, 10 June via Ticketek and Ticketmaster.

Show Dates:

Auckland, The Civic – Sat, 3 July – 7pm Limited Seats
Auckland, The Civic – Sun, 4 July – 1pm New
Christchurch, Isaac Theatre Royal – Sat, 7 August – 7pm New
Wellington, Opera House – Sat, 21 August – 7pm New

Take a sneak peek at the extraordinary talents of Yulia, performing La Foule from Edith Piaf à L’Olympia à Paris at The Civic – Auckland’s magnificent theatre.

Tickets are selling quickly to Edith Piaf à L’Olympia à Paris, performed by special invitation by Yulia – New Zealand’s six-time Platinum-selling pop-classical contralto – with orchestra and band as they revisit those historic performances by the Little Sparrow at the Parisian theatre L’Olympia.

https://youtu.be/PaxK1Hoxwt4

This is a marquee event of the 2021 Auckland Live Cabaret Season, on sale today. Head to aucklandlive.co.nz for the full programme.

Edith Piaf

Legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf was a global icon of resistance and triumph in the last years of her extraordinary life. Between 1955 and 1962, the Parisian theatre L’Olympia became her second home, where electrifying ovations greeted some of the greatest performances of her long, celebrated career.

L’Olympia witnessed the live debut of her signature song, ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’, and definitive recordings of some of her most stirring songs of love, joy, and resilience, including ‘Mon Dieu’, ‘La Vie en rose’, ‘L’Accordeoniste’, ‘Milord’, ‘La Foule’ and ‘Padam Padam’.

Now, commemorating 60 years since the Little Sparrow’s classic concert album Récital 1961, New Zealand’s multi-award-winning pop-classical contralto Yulia performs with orchestra and band to revisit those historic performances live on stage.

Yulia

A fluent French speaker, Russian-born Yulia has explored the distinctive smoulder and brass of the Piaf catalogue for more than a decade, from a special engagement in Chambord Castle in France to the New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival in Christchurch.

Piaf’s ‘L’hymne a l’amour’ was among the many highlights of Into The West, Yulia’s chart-topping debut album of 2004. Her second, Montage, made her the first female vocalist in New Zealand to have two number one albums in a row, culminating in total sales of 6 x Platinum.

Don’t miss this meeting across the ages, as one of our most inspired talents channels the great chanteuse performing at the peak of her powers: Edith Piaf à L’Olympia à Paris.