Les Belles Sorties - La bonne chanson ! - Quesnoy-sur-Deûle

"La bonne chanson". This title, found by Verlaine for a collection of poetry, and borrowed by Fauré for a cycle of melodies, perfectly sums up the spirit of the program proposed by the Lille Opera Choir. A good song is the one that has lulled us to sleep, the one that has accompanied our evenings, our moments of celebration as well as melancholy?

French chanson has always had a strong link with the words it sets to music. Whether popular, traditional or "classical", its emotional power is...