Sometimes there are artistic pairings that lead to a plethora of pleasurable experiences. If an artist is lucky (and the world is lucky too) those relationships between arts professionals lead to ongoing collaborations from which the arts community garners some of its greatest works. Note the Liza Minnelli/Kander & Ebb partnership or the Bernadette Peters/Stephen Sondheim connection. What rich reward the world has gained by those associations – and those are but two collaborations in an industry of many.

Melissa Errico had an association with Michel Legrand that is best described as Muse Meets Maestro, making her one of the premier interpreters of his canon. These days it’s looking like Melissa Errico can be artistically matched with others just as well as she was with Legrand… but her Maestro is still there, in the air, bestowing upon her his blessing and his inspiration. Ms. Errico’s latest venture IL PARLE, ELLE CHANTE – LOVE, DESIRE, AND MYSTERY gives the singing actress a chance to collaborate seamlessly with Legrand, pianist Tedd Firth, and writer Adam Gopnik… ok, AND with France and fi:af (The French Institute Alliance Francaise)! Those are a lot of associates for one Manhattan-born artist to take to the microphone with her, and Melissa Errico draws them all to her in one fell swoop, in order to release one succinctly unique piece of theater.

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