Yvonne Constant: Aznavour As Is

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Yvonne Constant

Aznavour As Is

Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, January 17, 2019

Reviewed by Peter Haas for Cabaret Scenes

Yvonne Constant

Two of France’s most talented musical exports were brought together onstage at Don’t Tell Mama as Yvonne Constant paid tribute to the late songwriter/performer, Charles Aznavour.

Music director/pianist Russ Kassoff, alone on stage, led off with an overture based of Aznavour’s songs.
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Lights down, the room’s door opened, and the ever-glamorous Constant swept in, settling on a stage stool.
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Even if you did not know French, you couldn’t help but enjoy her warmth, spirit, and humor as she performed a variety of Aznavour’s songs. Among them were “Emmenez Moi,” “For Me Formidable” (by Aznavour and Jacques Plante), and the humorous “You’ve Let Yourself Go,” with English lyrics by Broadway’s Fred Ebb.
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Kassoff took over the spotlight briefly, chatting about his own early experiences accompanying Aznavour and playing and singing several of his songs, including “Yesterday When I Was Young,” “The Sound of Your Name,” “It Will Be My Day,” and “Mon Amour.”

Constant resumed with “Que c’est triste Venise” (“Venice Blue”), “Et Pourtant” (“Yet I Know”), and “La Bohème,” all with music by Aznavour and lyrics by various writers.  Her program also included several non-Aznavour selections, including the Piaf favorite, “Non je ne regrette rien.” She completed the evening with “Hier Encore” (“Yesterday When I Was Young”), its music and French lyrics by Aznavour and English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.
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She finished with a flourish with “La Temp” (“There Is a Time”) with music and French lyrics by Aznavour.

Yvonne Constant recently relocated to her native France, but she has continued to bring her style, her charm, her understated humor, and her authenticity back to the New York cabaret stage. It’s a cause for rejoicing.

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Peter Haas

Writer, editor, lyricist and banjo plunker, Peter Haas has been contributing features and performance reviews for Cabaret Scenes since the magazine’s infancy. As a young folk-singer, he co-starred on Channel 13’s first children’s series, Once Upon a Day; wrote scripts, lyrics and performed on Pickwick Records’ children’s albums, and co-starred on the folk album, All Day Singing. In a corporate career, Peter managed editorial functions for CBS Records and McGraw-Hill, and today writes for a stable of business magazines. An ASCAP Award-winning lyricist, his work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Metropolitan Room and other fine saloons.