Nana Mouskouri : 80th and still singing

Nana Mouskouri, a figure of Greek song abroad and superstar sales records worldwide, celebrates its 80th anniversary on Monday night music at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, where she had made in 2008 of farewells made her sick and convinced to leave on tour.

"I want to be clear: there six years, the theater of Herodes Atticus Odeon of it was farewell. It was a time when I felt old, when the world to which I belonged had disappeared (...) But it cost me a lot, "said this weekend daily Kathimerini icon to immovable frames sunglasses.

In two lengthy interviews with the Greek press, Nana Mouskouri, born in 1934 in Chania, Crete, left reflected faults, melancholy and even anger with his sharp marmorean profile.

"Feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness" its withdrawal from the scene after 50-year career on every continent has not only "depressed", but made ​​her sick, "I was daily doctor (.. .) snorted my body, my back ached. "

Until the decision to leave on tour on the occasion of his 80th birthday, which will fall in October. The tour began in late 2013 in South America, passed through Paris, Canada in the spring and twenty dates are scheduled until January 2015, France, England, Germany in particular.

Concert Monday night in the spectacular ancient theater at the foot of the Acropolis is the only date in the summer. Nana Mouskouri, who has collaborated with French composer Michel Legrand and American Quincy Jones, is accompanied by her daughter especially Lenou to revisit the repertoire of Greek songs, classic tunes, jazz and variety.