Aya Nakamura at the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony? An “interesting” idea according to Edith Piaf’s heirs

Will he sing? Won’t he sing? The hypothesis that Aya Nakamura sings Edith Piaf on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris it is now being relaunched, a few days after a heated racist controversy unleashed by the far right had shaken the artist, who was expected during the ceremony to sing the classics of La Môme.

“L’Hymne à l’Amour” and “La Vie en Rose” sung at the opening ceremony?

According to the rights holders and heirs of Edith Piaf, Catherine Glavas and his sister Christie Laume, the La Môme catalog was in fact able to be sung during the ceremony. Interviewed by The Parisian On Tuesday 26 March they said they had been contacted by the organizers a few weeks ago, to allow them to enjoy two Piaf songs for free.

“ I received a request from Raoul Breton editions to use ‘L’Hymne à l’amour’. Of course I accepted, it’s wonderful to open the Paris Olympics with Edith. This moves me very much », Catherine Glavas told our colleagues. The Olympic organizing committee has also contacted Beuscher editions to use “La Vie en rose”, specifies the Parisian.

An “interesting” idea according to the Piaf heirs

Who will sing Edith Piaf’s classics? Catherine Glavas, 75, does not appear to have had a name. But according to her, Aya Nakamura’s choice is a more than pleasant idea.

“From what I’ve been told, Aya Nakamura will be singing and the president chose her. He’s definitely talented. She is also very successful in the world. But I don’t know her,” she said.

Catherine Glavas.

For her part, Christie Laume, 82, also told the Parisian don’t know “Aya”. But she believes: “ I’m very open and I think it’s an interesting idea. » No offense to the far right. Also, after the wave of racist hatred of which Aya Nakamura has been the subject in recent weeks, an investigation has been opened by the Paris Prosecutor’s Office.