After more than 60 years of career, Sylvie Vartan is preparing to
bow out. In fact, the singer announced her artistic retirement. Before that, she will take the stage for six exceptional concerts between November 2024 and January 2025.
Questioned in the columns of ParisianDarina's mother spoke with emotion his memories with Johnny Hallyday. “It was only with him that I really shared a stage, that we really sang together (…) With Johnny, it was also a way of seeing ourselves” she explained about her former husband.
Sylvie Vartan evokes the disappearance of Johnny Hallyday
On December 5, 2017, Johnny Hallyday is dead at the age of 74. Terrible news for the woman who shared her life between 1961 and 1980. Asked about what she keeps from him, almost seven years after his disappearanceSylvie Vartan confided: “Youth, madness, passion, crazy love… and then David, it’s a lot”.
Despite the years that pass, the 80-year-old woman is still not
not at peace with his death. “How to be? It's a very sad moment. Also because things were evolving in a climate that was not what it resembled” she explained. And to specify about the last years of his life: “He didn't look like the person he was younger, who he really was. He was tired, not well, sick… It's sad”.
The singer opens up about her unique relationship with her ex-husband
Despite her divorce from Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan had kept very strong bonds with him. Le Taulier also visited his ex-wife when he could. She said: “Even when we were separated, he often came to our house, he loved Tony very much [Scotti] and vice versa… He often spent time with us in Los Angeles…”.
Finally, the octogenarian spoke about the professional career of David Hallyday. The one who knew how to establish himself in the world of music does today his mother's pride.
“He has proven many times that he is a great composer, a great melodist, that he has great emotion. He learned to live this notoriety of being the son of…” she indicated. Very touching confidences.
