To celebrate the grand premiere of the musical Starmania, host Daphné Bürki unveiled an incredible photo of her with her childhood friend Raphaël Hamburger, the son of Michel Berger, on Wednesday November 9, 2022 on Instagram.
Emblematic figure of the French music scene in the 70s and 80s, Michel Berger was extremely productive during his career as a singer. In addition to his own albums, he has collaborated on the records of many stars of French song. In parallel, he also wrote with Luc Plamondon the famous rock opera starmania, which was created in 1978. This musical quickly became a great classic, thanks in particular to the performances of France Gall and Daniel Balavoine. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of Michel Berger, his son, Raphaël Hamburger, from his union with France Gall, decided to produce a new version of Starmania. The grand premiere of the show took place on Tuesday November 8, 2022 at La Scène Musicale de Boulogne-Billancourt, just outside Paris.
Several personalities had been invited to discover this new version of starmania for the occasion. Among these, we can notably mention the presenter of France Télévisions Daphne Burki, who is a childhood friend of Raphaël Hamburger. Visibly delighted by the show she was able to discover, the presenter posted a long message on her Instagram account on Wednesday November 9, 2022.Yesterday I experienced quite an emotion when I went to the premiere of Starmania and I wanted to share it with you Raphaël Hamburger is a great producer, son of Michel Berger and France Gall, he wanted to revive this opera a few years ago with his mother and Luc Plamondon. It’s been 4 years working on his project. You won’t see a re-enactment or tribute, thanks to his father’s legacy, you will discover a visionary work that says a lot about our world and our attempts at existence“, she wrote.
Daphne Burki: “Raphael was my teenage friend”
“Raphaël has chosen the right team, they are stunning. Special mention for light to Thomas Dechandon, life should always be lit like that. The cast is powerful, you have to hear them! (I wouldn’t show anything, seeing the artists on stage is irreplaceable). And you? What is your favorite title in Starmania? A memory ? On the picture ? it was my teenage buddy, Raphael. Yesterday I was so happy for you“, also added Daphné Bürki. To illustrate her words, the host has published several videos of the first performance of starmania version 2022, on which we can discover a room full to bursting applauding the artists present on stage. In addition, Daphné Bürki unveiled two photos of her with Raphaël Hamburger when they were still children. The presenter and the son of Michel Berger are absolutely unrecognizable in these photos. As a reminder, Raphaël Hamburger had already been working on a new version of the rock opera for several years. starmania. The result seems to live up to its ambitions, judging by the cheers of the first spectators came to attend the show at the Seine Musicale.