More information on Lara Fabian:

Lara is recognized as one of the best vocalist ever seen on earth and all professionals list her in the top vocalist tier with Barbra, Whitney, Mariah, Celine, Aretha, Shirley Bassey, Lisa Fischer, ....
In my personal opinion, she is even the best.

There are a few vocal characteristics that are her signature: her famous resonance for instance that allows her to sing acapella without mic in venues with 10,000+  attendees. Her nickname in the singing world is "the ring" due to this. I would also list her amazing phrasing, breath management and her pleasant tone even when belting in her upper register.

So she is one of the best vocalist ever, but on top of that, she adds a few things that make her an absolute package with no equivalence:

• she speaks 2 languages  natively (french, italian), and 2 others fluently (english, spanish), can speak a bit of dutch (and sicilian), and understand quite well russian and portuguese. She has sung in 12 languages in total

• she is an amazing songwriter and wrote lyrics for 200+ songs, in the 4 languages she speaks fluently. She often co-composes the music, and is at the source of the melodic line.

• she acts and performs on stage as nobody else, she colors and reveals the meaning of every single word in the songs, and her ability to emote, to draw you in is second to none

• she is the sweetest soul on earth, very humble, down to earth and benevolent. She likes to meet others, and her fans are always pleasantly surprised when this happens.

A quick background on her and her career:

She is belgian, her father is flemish and grand mother on father side is dutch,  but she also has italian roots (her mother is from sicilia) and American roots ( the father of her mother is from Detroit). She had been raised in Sicilia first for 7 years then in Belgium so she speaks both italian and french as native languages.

She has been classically trained on vocal, piano and songs composition for 10 years ( from 8 to 18) in the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
She is still having vocal lessons and training several times a week today. She only moved away from opera to pop because she is first and foremost a songwriter.

After her Eurovision participation in 1988 (4th), she really started her career in Canada in the early 90s, more precisely in Quebec, the french-speaking part of Canada.
She had been living for years in Montreal and has also Canadian citizenship. She  moved to Sicilia end of 2022.

She became very famous in Quebec in the early 90s with several double platine records and then conquered France in 1996/1997 (she topped charts there and some of her songs such as "Je t'aime" or "Tout" became classics of the french music).

In 2000, she was about to penetrate the US Market, with a lot of media initial interest. Her first english song (I will love again), a pop dance song, stayed number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for 58 weeks in a row and was number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Her Album ("Lara Fabian") was about to become a massive hit, and the concert "From Lara With Love" was recorded to be broadcasted everywhere in the US.
This concert is legendary, packed with masterpieces (covered by many great vocalists later on).

But a dispute with Sony on artistry directions, and the will from Celine Dion's staff to block her progress in the US, completely broke this plan.

She thus refocused back on Europe and made huge success there, extending her reach to Eastern Europe and Central Asia where she became an absolute superstar through her collaboration with Igor Krutoy during several years. She is absolutely massive in Russia for instance.

She is also a star in Brazil as her song "Love By Grace", used as the soundtrack for a very famous soap opera, topped the charts for months and become a recurrent in the local singing contests since then.

Many of her songs became classics and were covered by the other singing legends: Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Josh Groban (they are friends and he told she is a role model for him), Linda Eder,  …

With her success in Europe, Brazil and part of Asia, she is the inspiration of the new generation of vocalists: most of them are coming from there.
Thru their covers of Lara Fabian songs, USA and many other countries are now rediscovering her.

She is Dimash's idol:
• I’ve read somewhere that, when he was a child, he was listening her songs every night to get asleep.
• He covered many of her songs, most of these were composed by Igor Krutoy and written by by Lara.
Out of my mind I can list:
○ Adagio    (She wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Mademoiselle Hyde     (she wrote it and is the original performer),
○ Love of Tired Swans     (she wrote the song in French under the title "Je t'aime encore" and was the original performer of the french then the russian versions, Dimash covered the russian version)
○ Ascolta La Voce / Vocalize    (this was a pure vocalization and she was the original performer, then lyrics were added for Dimash and it was rebranded as "Know")
• She also wrote the lyrics of Dimash's song "Your Love".
• And she covered "Love is like a dream" before him (song from Igor Krutoy originally performed by Alla Pugacheva).
• Finally, they also performed "Ti Amo Cosi" together, in trio with Aida Garafulina: this is a song that she performed originally with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Sumi Jo then again later with Dmitri and Alina Yarovaya, before this new trio with Dimash and Aida.

Dimash is now also working with Igor Krutoy: Igor and  Dimash connected after his Adagio cover, also endorsed by Lara.
Igor came back from retirement and composed severals songs for him after it.

Many other top vocalists from the current generation covered her songs, some have Lara as a role model and big inspiration (singers from every region in the world:  from China and Taiwan, to Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Netherlands, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil,  Australia, Central Africa, …)
○ Floor Jansen (Adagio),
○ Polina Gagarina (Adagio, Je t’aime),
○ Diana Ankudinova (Tomorrow is a lie),
○ Morissette Amon (Broken Vow),
○ Gabriel Henrique (Love by Grace),
○ Cakra Khan (Broken Vow),
○ Charice Penpengco (Adagio),
○ Katrina Velarde (Broken Vow),
○ Regine Velasquez (Broken Vow),
○ Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Adagio),
○ Giulia Falcone (Adagio, Caruso, Je suis malade, Je t'aime),
○ Forestella (Je suis Malade),
○ Almira (from 4th Impact band) (Broken Vow),
○ Gigi de Lana (Broken Vow)
○ Julie Anne san Jose (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Rimar ( Adagio, Broken Vow, Know),
○ Il Divo (Adagio)
○ Daria Bentsa (I guess I loved you),
○ Sarah Geronimo (Broken Vow)
○ Laura Bretan ( Adagio, Caruso),
○ Jackie Evancho (Je t’aime, Caruso and Broken Vow, BV rewritten as « Imaginer » by Lara for Jackie),
○  Harrison Craig (Broken Vow),
○ Amir (Je t’aime),
○ Pauline Aguirre (Adagio)),
○ George Peris (Broken Vow, Humana),
○ Vitas (Adagio),
○ Wanessa Camargo (Love by Grace),
○ Anastasia Luna (Adagio),
○ Jeck (Je T’Aime),
○ Evgenia Fanfara (Adagio),
○ Anne Sila (pas sans toi, Tu es mon autre),
○ The Canadian Tenors (Adagio),
○ Anna Eriksson (Je suis malade),
○ Choi Sung Hoon (Je suis malade),
○ Soprano Turetsky band (Adagio),
○ Sarah Naura Irbah (Mademoiselle Hyde),
○ Elisabetta Rinaldi (Adagio),
○ Alyona Yarushina (Adagio),
○ Marie Payet (Pas sans toi),
○ Laurh (Immortelle),
○ Inger Lise Hope (Adagio),
○ Håkon Sønsterud Tollefsrød (Broken Vow),
○ Flora Tandi (Bambina),
○ Cindy Chao (Yeliel My Angel),
○ Majda Roumi (Adagio),
○ Abraham Mateo (Adagio),
○ Petra Berger (Adagio, Broken Vow),
○ Russel Watson (Adagio),
○ Katerina Maslova (Je t’aime, I guess I loved you)
○  Annointed (Love by Grace),
○ Sevara Nazarkhan (Je t’aime)
○ ....

NB: Lara did cover Caruso , Je suis malade, and Love by grace, these are not her originals, but I mention these here as the related artists were attracted to cover it again after listening to Lara’s version.


Today,  Lara still has an amazing voice and tone and can still reach the 5th octave with resonance ; she still offers these emotive renditions that are her unique signature.

In June 2022, she kicked off a WW tour and stunned her fans once again with 5 magical concerts in Canada. She completed the  europe part in September/October 2022 and I attended a concert from this tour. It was packed and she was again spectacular.

On April, May, June 2023 she had  again some wonderful concerts in Tbilissi, Georgia, then in Ouzbekhistan,  Kazakhstan, Romania.

She is about to release a new album and just completed  another popular tour in eastern europe (Czech Republic, Moldavia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkiye, Hungary) and in Canada in april-june 2024. She also appeared as a guest in some big events such as Hauser’s concert in Royal Albert Hall (May 9th 2024). Then, after some rest and a few TV Shows, she will tour France in 2025.

The first song of her new album (titled "Ta Peine" - Your Sorrow) was released late January 2024 and is a success in France. Her album is expected to be released in fall 2024.

Sorry if I was long, but I hope this gives some context on Lara.

Watch it with the subtitles so you understand the words of the song

“Je suis Malade”, now a french classic,  was written by famous French singer & songwriter Serge Lama together with composer/singer Alice Dona in 1973.
This is based on his own experience and he was the original performer, hence some lyrics are a bit male-oriented (eg my mother leaves me, whiskies, I pour my blood in your body, …).

When Serge Lama had a dinner with Alice Dona and told her about his obsessive love that was leading to a road block, she came back home and composed the music in a couple of hours.
The morning after, she presented him the music and he wrote the lyrics in … 20 minutes.

Serge Lama was the original performer in 1973, it started to be promoted on the radio, and the song  was brought to fame only when, a few months after, Dalida covered it. She was an absolute mega star in France, another emotional powerhouse, and this song resonated very much with her own feelings. Her success with this song transformed it into a french classic, and started to make it famous abroad.

But it is Lara Fabian that really made this song a very popular song in many countries with her cover in the mid 90s.
At that time Dalida had already passed away, but Serge Lama was (and is) still alive. Dalida and Serge were two  inspirations for Lara, so she sent an audio copy to Serge of her version.
She was unknown at that time in France but he was so impressed with her vocal skills and her emotions rendering that he invited her in France to sing it as a duet during his own Paris concert in January 1995. It was a triumph. So he sat in a front row seat and asked her to sing it again alone.

Lara also had  made some subtle changes to the song that gave it even more power. Serge and Lara  became good friends and performed several other duets later on.

The 1999 version ("From Lara with Love" Concert in Montreal)
https://youtu.be/eHSyk4SGtuY
is legendary internationally and has attracted many artists to do a cover, even from non french-speaking countries.

The most recent ones  I am aware of are from italian singer Giulia Falcone, from the korean singer Choi Sung Hoon or from the korean band Forestella.

Lara is used to perform the song very differently in each of her tour and for instance the En Toute Intimité, 2003, Paris Olympia version is even more dramatic
https://youtu.be/SyILdRAOS88

Here is a short list of suggestions to start a journey with Lara (I said short because she wrote or co-wrote 200+ songs in 4 languages)
• Adagio (english version) : https://youtu.be/bqoS-KOLV_4 (covered among others by Dimash, Floor Jansen, Dame Shirley Bassey, Il Divo)
• You are not from here (english): https://youtu.be/Vv8XFXKXRLI
• Broken Vow (english): https://youtu.be/kJBGCI8aSE4 ( Covered by Barbra Streisand, Josh Groban, Linda Eder, Gigi de Lana, Almira (4th impact), Morissette Amon, Katrina Velarde,  Regine Velasquez, Cakra Khan, Jackie Evancho,  Harrison Craig, ...)
• I guess I loved you (english): https://youtu.be/EwI-HIfSyqU
• Je t'aime (french): https://youtu.be/b7medSoc2fA (covered by Polina Gagarina, Amir,  Giulia Falcone, …)
• I am A-WA (english):
https://youtu.be/mKLdLox918A
• Tu es mon autre (French, duet with Maurane):
https://youtu.be/kfQbUMZXhAE
• Si tu m’aimes (French):
https://youtu.be/Wg-Zv9cWuDE
• Pas sans toi (French):
https://youtu.be/H12LGDnl6pI
• Par Amour (French):
https://youtu.be/rjrTd8VeP64
• Llora (Spanish):
https://youtu.be/8Fh35Foo9CA
• Dites-moi pourquoi je l’aime (French):
https://youtu.be/-85T-iR7dfc
• Tout (French): https://youtu.be/XYBNk6dgpgQ?si=dklL5InGnOLdiAG2
• Bambina (French): https://youtu.be/gyG-7TuZCFk
• Mademoiselle Hyde (English):
https://youtu.be/SZm-lhuSyI4 (covered by Dimash)
• Ta Peine (French):
https://youtu.be/wFYwtIL95wk
• Quedate (Spanish):
https://youtu.be/cX0CPdBV75E

Original songs but she didn’t write these:
• For Always, Duet with Josh Groban (Soundtrack of Spielberg’s A.I. movie, english):
https://youtu.be/V4dttmn3ppU
• I will love again (english):
https://youtu.be/RuNPZwN13Q0


When she covers a song, she often makes it her own.
Some amazing covers she made:
• Je suis malade (french, song from Serge Lama): https://youtu.be/eHSyk4SGtuY ( her version was covered by Forestella, Giulia Falcone, …)
• Caruso (italian, song from Lucio Dalla): https://youtu.be/BP2KnLemT78
• Perdere L'Amore (italian, song from Massimo Ranieri): https://youtu.be/mcmhCfH9OfQ
• Yentl Medley (Papa can you hear me + A piece of sky, chained , cover of her idol Barbra Streisand, english): https://youtu.be/zW8lalHMwxk
• I will always love you (cover of Dolly Parton / Whitney Houston, english): https://youtu.be/4f-wx-ue89U
• Love by grace (cover of Wynona Judd, english):
https://youtu.be/8V0pGXZxxzE (her version was covered by Gabriel Henrique)
• Calling You (cover of Jevetta Steele, english):
https://youtu.be/KkfXEb_VyLM
• Voir un ami pleurer (cover of Jacques Brel, french): https://youtu.be/TEnJu1Dthvs
• Quand on n’a que l’amour (cover of Jacques Brel, french): https://youtu.be/rW7iusDbYjY

Also a few famous duets:
• Requiem pour un fou (with Johnny Hallyday, french) :
https://youtu.be/zR1rkt_0biA
• The Prayer (with Michael Bolton, english):
https://youtu.be/M__6PFD1YEw
• La Solitudine (with Laura Pausini, italian):
https://youtu.be/Bgv-jUZH60w
•  Il y a (with Isabelle Boulay, french): https://youtu.be/F61JEarOwuo
• Et maintenant (with Florent Pagny, french):
https://youtu.be/Mi0E0pLLxf0


And her famous trio:
• Ti Amo Cosi (with Dimash and Aida Garafulina, italian):
https://youtu.be/XaQFfqC3lnU

MUCH MORE EMOTIONAL WITH LYRICS... You miss MANY THINGS without them...
Subtitled version easy to find.

The Ultimate Queen in action 👸🏼

😍 The ultimate Queen Lara 👸🏼

One of my absolute favorites from Lara is
Perdere l'amore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcmhCfH9OfQ

Love Lara ❤
Love from Denmark ❤

Lara's songs are rich and varied 15 records over 140 songs
don't be content with her early live performances from the 2000s
with these vocal performances
Lara is much more than that
some spectacular tracks
"I an a Wa"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKLdLox918A
"l'oubli"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ob-a4tPNcg
"dance"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHYi7rYD1yk
"par amour"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjrTd8VeP64
"tango" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1UrKzYti0
"papillon"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzWit_mevK0

and many more to discover.
Lara Fabian is a true artist, author, composer and performer.
a sunny woman who catches you like a moth in the light.

lara
the best of humanity....

🇨🇦   There are 3 comments by Eric Sicard that you should read in their entirety, without fail, in order to get acquainted with Lara !
If you have not already,  I would suggest  "Quedate"  in Spanish,  "Caruso"  in Italian or  "I am A-WA"  in English  !

Thanks for a great reaction. It would be worth your time to watch one of the many vids of this performance on YouTube that has English subtitles. The lyrics are something, and really add to understanding her every gesture & intonation.

Lara, the most beautiful voice in the world ❤amazing Lara ❤

The most Beautiful voice on earth ❤

Thank you for a beautiful reaction to Lara's absolutely legendary performance! ❤

I suggest for your reaction the talented Gabriel Henrique with the cover LOVE BY GRACE. He has 610 thousand followers on YouTube