Sofia Morgavi, the new singing teacher, may not be unknown to you

TELEVISION – “Star Ac’” returns to TF1 this Saturday, October 12 for a 12th season. After the first bonus, the students will discover a renovated Dammarie-les-Lys castle and a partly renewed teaching team. Among the new teachers, Sofia Morgavi who replaces Adeline Toniutti as singing teacher. A trained lyrical singer, she has more than one string to her bow, and TF1 viewers may have already realized this.

Emma, ​​Marine and the other students of this 12th promotion of the Star Academy will receive various lessons throughout their presence on the show, and in particular, telecrochet obliges, singing lessons. It is therefore Sofia Morgavi who is in charge of this aspect of learning.

As his biography indicates, singing is his first love. Trained in lyrical singing, she was an opera soloist in legendary works such as Aida, La Traviataor The Marriage of Figaro. Teaching singing is something she has been doing for a long time, notably being a professor (and jury) at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. So far nothing surprising.

A new multi-cap singing teacher

What is a little more interesting is the rest of his CV. Because Sofia Morgavi is also an actress. His face will indeed perhaps not be foreign to certain TF1 viewers. And for good reason, she recently starred in two episodes of the series More beautiful life, even more beautifulin which she played star chef Marie Duroc. She also had small roles in the detective series Research sectionin comedy Household scenes on M6 and in the series adapted from real news items So close to you.

Sofia Morgavi also has numerous plays on her resume like And meanwhile, Simone watcheswhich she performed for three years at the Comédie Bastille theater. She also has classical in her repertoire and notably Phaedra by Racine, which she performed in 2017.

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Those who are (already) nostalgic for the castle’s former singing teacher will be able to find her again during this very first bonus. Adeline Toniutti will perform her song on stage Prayer in Duo with Vincent Niclo. She is not the only one to have packed her bags.

The sports teacher coach Joe, the stage expression teacher Cécile Chaduteau and the theater teacher Pierre de Brauer, too. They will be respectively replaced by Ladji Doucouré, Marlène Schaff (who until then acted as student tutor) and the Belgian Hugues Hamelynck, 2009 world improv champion. Fanny Delaigue will be the new tutor.

As for those who remain, the students will find Malika Benjelloun at the dance, Lucie Bernardoni (the former student who became a coach) and Michael Goldman in the director’s office. A teaching team and students that viewers will be able to find every Saturday evening during the bonuses, but also every day during the daily broadcast. Ready, set, sing.

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