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Damien Sargue (born 26 June 1981) is a French pop singer known for his performance of
Romeo Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest ...
in
Gérard Presgurvic Gérard Presgurvic (born 1953) is a French popular composer. He was the author of 1980s pop hits "Chacun fait c'qui lui plait" and "Marre de cette nana-là", but is best known for the 2001 musical spectacle '' Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l' ...
's '' Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour''. A French native, he grew up in Caen,
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, France with his mother Miriam, his father Pierre, brother Julien, and his sisters Julie and Sarah, until his parents divorced when he was only a year old. When he was little boy he wanted to practice karate but his mom registered him in song lessons in Caen ''Ecole des Variétés de Caen''. In 2009, Sargue married his ''Romeo et Juliette'' co-star Joy Esther, but the couple divorced a year later. In 2017, he married dancer Emily Surde, who was also in the ''Romeo et Juliette'' dance troupe, with whom he has daughter, Billie-Rose, born in 2014.


Career

He started his career as a singer in 1992 in the program ''Numéros 1 de Demain'' in France and with his first single ''Emmène-moi''. When he was 11 years old he decided that his artistic name was going to be ''Damien Danza'', in relation to his favorite TV program '' Who's the Boss?'' where Tony Danza was the principal character. At 16 years old Damien auditioned in the show '' Notre-Dame de Paris'' for the character of a sculptor but that character was removed of the show, so they offered him to be alternate of Phoebus and Gringoire. In 1998 was his first time on stage in ''
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'' : he had been on stage almost 80 times supplying
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or Bruno Pelletier. In 2001 he performed the principal role in '' Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour'' as Romeo Montague with
Cécilia Cara Cécilia Cara (born 5 June 1984) is a French actress and singer. She is best known for playing the role of Juliet in the French musical "''Romeo and Juliet''". Early life Cécilia was born in Cannes, on the French Riviera. Cécilia started l ...
as the role of Juliette Capulet. In 2004 he provided the French dub for Raoul de Chagny in ''
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'' by
Joel Schumacher Joel T. Schumacher (; August 29, 1939June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. H ...
. His first album as a solo called ''Merci'' was released. In 2006 he played the role of Romeo again in the
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tour of ''Romeo et Juliette'' that launched in Korea. In 2007 he created his first album in Asia. In 2008 Damien had his first concert as a solo in
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,
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(on 23 May). In 2010 Damien played the role of Romeo in the new version of the musical ''Romeo et Juliette'' in Paris (Romeo et Juliette, Les enfants de Vérone). In 2012, he participated to the
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's tribute with ''
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s album. He sang '' Né en 17 à Leidenstadt'' with
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,
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. In 2013, Damien was in the fourth season of '' Danse avec les stars''. He joined the ''
Forever Gentlemen ''Forever Gentlemen'' is an album produced by TF1 Musique joining well-known artists. The album was released on 21 October 2013 and includes tributes to crooners of the 1950s.
s project. In 2014, he joined the project '' Latin Lovers'' with Julio Iglesias Jr. and
Nuno Resende Nuno Resende (born 25 June 1973) is a Portuguese singer. Biography Early life Nuno was born in Porto, and is an only child. He enrolled at the French school of Porto when he was 5. His family moved to Belgium when he was 12. He is also a Be ...
plus others. In 2016, he played Aramis in the French musical
Les Trois Mousquetaires ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (The Three Musketeers) is a 1921 French silent adventure film serial directed by Henri Diamant-Berger based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. Plot summary Cast * Aimé Simon-Girard ... d'Artagnan ...
. In 2018 he picked up the role of Roméo again in Roméo et Juliette for the Asia Tour in China.


Discography


Singles

* ''Emmène-moi'' (1992) * ''
Les Rois du monde "Les Rois du monde" is a 2000 song performed by Philippe d'Avilla, Damien Sargue and Grégori Baquet. It was the second single from the French musical '' Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour'', featuring as the fourth track on the album o ...
'' (2000 France No.1, Belgium No.1) * ''Aimer'' with Cécilia Cara (2000 France No.2, Belgium No.2) * ''On dit dans la rue'' (2000 France No.21, Belgium No.32) * ''Merci'' (2004 France No.64) * ''Quelque chose pour quelqu'un'' (2004) * ''Elle vient quand elle vient'' (2005) * ''Avoir 20 ans'' (''Roméo et Juliette'', 2010) * ''On prie'' (''Roméo et Juliette'', 2010) * ''Un faux départ'' (Single caritatif, 2013) * ''La belle vie'' with Roch Voisone & Dany Brillant (2013 France No.95) * ''Vous les femmes'' with Nuno Resende & Julio Iglesias Jr. (2014 France No.108) * '' Solamente Tù'' with Pablo Alborán (2014) * ''Un Jour'' (2015 France No.155) * ''J'ai Besoin D'amour Comme Tout Le Monde'' (2016)


EP

* ''Pinocchio, la renaissance'' (2011)''Pinocchio, la renaissance''
chartsinfrance.net, 19 April 2014 ** ''Ca sert à quoi tout ça'' : Damien Sargue ** ''Me déchaîner de toi'' : Frédéric Charter ** ''A force d'amour'' : Aurore Delplace ** ''Tout savoir'' : Damien Sargue, Aurore Delplace ** ''Etre un homme'' : Stefanny Rodrigue


Albums

* ''Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l'amour'' (2000 France No.1, Belgium No.1, Switzerland No.9) * ''Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l'amour: L'Integrale'' (2000 France No.4, Belgium No.30) * ''Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l'amour: Live'' (2001 France No.15, Belgium No.28) * ''Damien Sargue'' (2007) * ''Roméo et Juliette, les enfants de Vérone'' (2010 France No.80) * ''
Forever Gentlemen ''Forever Gentlemen'' is an album produced by TF1 Musique joining well-known artists. The album was released on 21 October 2013 and includes tributes to crooners of the 1950s.
'' (2013 France No.2, Belgium No.2) * '' Latin Lovers'' (2014 France No.7, Belgium No.13) * '' Forever Gentlemen 2'' (2014 France No.3, Belgium No.3, Switzerland No.9) * ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (2016 France No.6, Belgium No.36)


Dvds

*Romeo et Juliette (2000 DVD) *Romeo et Juliette (2000 VHS) *Romeo et Juliette, Les enfants de Vérone (2010,2011 DVD)


References


External links

*
Official site Latin Lovers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sargue, Damien 1981 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) French male musical theatre actors French male singers