Starmania celebrates its 45th anniversary in 2024, including an event concert bringing together many stars to revisit the classics of this cult and timeless rock opera.
The rock opera Starmania is celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2024. To mark this anniversary, France 2 has scheduled a major concert event recorded at the Agora du port de Québec, in Canada, on Saturday November 16, at 9:05 p.m. The opportunity for viewers to (re)discover the most beautiful songs from this musical show that has become cult, performed by a host of renowned French-speaking artists.
A true phenomenon since its creation in 1979, Starmania was born from the artistic meeting between Michel Berger for the music and Luc Plamondon for the texts. The original cast included stars like Daniel Balavoine (Johnny Rockfort), Diane Dufresne (Stella Spotlight), France Gall (Cristal) and Fabienne Thibeault (Marie-Jeanne). Throughout the various productions, the musical has never ceased to thrill the public thanks to unforgettable hits, like “Le monde est stone”, “SOS d’un terrestrial en distress”, “Le Blues du businessman” or “When we arrive in town”.
For this very special anniversary, some well-known faces from the original troupe were invited on stage such as Fabienne Thibeault and Daniel Lavoie. The new troupe directed by Thomas Jolly, on display at the Théâtre de Paris 45 years after the original show, was also invited to revive the Starmania magic and trigger a moving meeting with the pioneers.
The list of artists and guests for Starmania, the anniversary event
Many prestigious guests also came to celebrate this anniversary in song. Big names on the stage like Patrick Bruel, Garou, Jenifer, Isabelle Boulay or Hélène Ségara for covers of rock opera classics in solo, duo or group settings. Among the other guests, we can cite Santa, Diane Tell, Shy’m, Véronic Dicaire, Vincent Niclo, Elodie Frégé, Pierre Lapointe and Claude Dubois.
- Thomas Jolly’s new Starmania troupe
- Isabelle Boulay
- Patrick Bruel
- Véronic Dicaire
- Claude Dubois
- Elodie Frégé
- Garou
- Michael Gregorio
- Jenifer
- Peter Kingsberry
- Pierre Lapointe
- Daniel Lavoie
- Vincent Niclo
- Santa
- Anne Sila
- Hélène Ségara
- Shy’M
- Diane Tell
- Fabienne Thibeault
Beyond this five-star cast, the Starmania evening on France 2 wants to take viewers behind the scenes of the creation of this revolutionary show thanks to new archives. The opportunity to better understand the genesis of the characters and mythical pieces that forged the Starmania legend.