The second and final major show of the Fête de la Musique de Tremblant 2024 featured the artistic sisterhood of Natalie Choquette (mother), Florence K and Éléonore Lagacé (daughters). This infrequent meeting (at least in public) gave rise to some unexpected and sometimes even surprising stylistic crossovers. I had never heard of Éléonore Lagacé’s mezzo lyricism. She demonstrated a very appropriate operatic sense in Carmen and in the duet of the flowers in Lakmé, with Maman. Sometimes solo, sometimes in duet or trio, we moved from jazz to Latin, pop and then classical before returning to one or the other in collisions that emphasised the complicity between the ladies, rather than the technical perfection that occasionally escaped. The large audience took no offence, for it was rather the relationship between the three artists that they had come to savour. In this sense, and with a good dose of hamming it up, mother and daughter lived up to expectations with some touching moments.
Bossa Nova / Classical / Jazz / Opera / Pop
