No, Nicole Croisille is just an actress and (mainly jazz) singer who's been doing her job on stage and screen since the late 1950s. I like her way of tackling the part !
The DVD of the French production of "Follies" at the Opera de Toulon (zone free DVD, in English subtitled in French) will be released on March 10th 2015. The Amazon links says it's a region 2 DVD : http://www.amazon.fr/Follies-Com%C3%A9die-Musicale-David-Charles/dp/B00S8KTOFG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425934393&sr=8-1&keywords=follies But Bel Air Classique's official site indicates that this is a region free DVD : http://www.belairclassiques.com/blog/opera/follies/
Just to let you know that France is mourning the great singer Henri Salvador who passed away this morning in Paris. He was 90. I think he was know worldwide, wasn't he?
Hey, Happy New Year ! 1) Les Mis 2) The Sound of Music 3) Billy Elliot 4) Porgy and Bess 5) Spamalot 6) Cabaret 7) Chicago Wicked 9) Evita 10) Daddy Cool 11) We Will Rock You
What the hell came to their mind when they rewrote the French Lyrics... The first libretto was swell... La faute à Voltaire is horible in that version ! Give us Fabrice back !
Sunset Boulevard (+) The Phantom of the Opera (+) Cabaret(+) Little Shop of Horrors (+) No One Mourns the Wicked (+) We Will Rck You (+/-) ==> prefer "Bohemian Rhasopdy" The Sound of Music (-) Oliver (-) Mamma Mia (-) Starmania (-) ==> first two productions of the show then disapeared Annie (-) Daddy Cool (-) ==> how to make a hit song out of nothing
She is and will remain one of the best international actresses ever. She's got a strong personnality when she sings. She's one of the last successful actresses who can sing and dance ("often as the same time!") and act.