Far from the cliché of the tough and insensitive Arab lover, Abdel Halim Hafez deeply embodied the musical and social refinement of an entire era. His vocal stirrings set his audiences quivering and swaying to the haunting motions and emotional appeal of his poignantly languorous music. This brown nightingale of Arab music, an eternal romantic, mysterious seducer and crazy lover with a smooth voice, found his way into the hearts and minds of young people in the Arab world beyond the boundaries of Nasser’s Egypt.
The audacious Tunisian singer Mohamed Jebali and the brilliant Leïla Gouchi form a glittering duo as they revive the most beautiful pieces by this Sinatra of the Nile. In an Arab-style romance consisting of soft and tortured words along true sufferings and lyrical hopes, the fascinating aura of Abdel Halim Hafez will resurface on the stage of the Cinquième Salle. See him, smiling and relaxed, rigorously leading his orchestra in all sorts of bold aesthetics, passionately presenting amazing stage performances. In this spirit of sharing and seduction, Jebali and Gouchi will win over the Montréal audience, weaving a composite ode with the most dazzling moments of emotion in the irresistible love games of Abdel Halim!
