Alegría (Cirque Du Soleil Song)
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"Alegría" is a
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song by
Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; ) is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Jun ...
(from their show of the same name), which was recorded in 1994 with the voice of Francesca Gagnon. The song is a multi-lingual adaptation (in English, Italian and Spanish) of another Cirque du Soleil song titled "Un pazzo gridar", written by
René Dupéré René Dupéré (born 1946) is a Canadian composer from Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada. Biography Dupéré is best known as the composer and arranger of music for contemporary circus productions by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Sol ...
and
Franco Dragone Franco Dragone (12 December 1952 – 30 September 2022) was an Italian-born Belgian theatre director. He was the founder and artistic director of Dragone, a creative company specializing in the creation of large-scale theatre shows. According to ...
and featuring Italian-only lyrics. "Un pazzo gridar" is also a song from the show Alegría. In 1999, Cirque du Soleil recorded a new version of the song for their film "Alegría, the Film". This new version was also included in the soundtrack of the movie, and received a
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nomination for
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at the
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. In 2006, Cirque du Soleil recorded a new multi-lingual adaptation (in English, Portuguese and Spanish) titled "La nova alegría" for their arena show
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. This new adaptation was written by
René Dupéré René Dupéré (born 1946) is a Canadian composer from Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada. Biography Dupéré is best known as the composer and arranger of music for contemporary circus productions by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Sol ...
, Robert Dillon,
Franco Dragone Franco Dragone (12 December 1952 – 30 September 2022) was an Italian-born Belgian theatre director. He was the founder and artistic director of Dragone, a creative company specializing in the creation of large-scale theatre shows. According to ...
, Paolo Ramos and
Manuel Tadros Hany Manuel Tadros (; born 30 September 1956) is an Egyptian-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and voice actor. He currently works and lives in Quebec. Early life Tadros was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Christian family. His father, ...
. In April 2019, Cirque du Soleil premiered a new version of the song in Alegría: In A New Light, IMDB a remount of the original show to honor its 25th anniversary. Composer Jean-Phi Goncalves wrote modern interpretations of the show’s original songs. The 2019 version uses the original 1994 lyrics written by Réne Dupéré and Franco Dragone.


Adaptations

"Alegría" was adapted in Hungarian by
Ibolya Oláh Ibolya Oláh (born 31 January 1978) is a Hungarian pop singer. She was the runner-up of the first series of Hungarian television singing competition series ''Megasztár''. Early life and career Ibolya is of Romani people, Romani ancestry. S ...
under the title " Magyarország" ("Hungary") and in Finnish by
Katri Helena Katri Helena Kalaoja (; born 17 August 1945) is a Finnish singer. Career Katri Helena released her first songs in 1963 and has since sold over 630,000 certified records, which makes her the second-best-selling female soloist in Finland ...
under the title "Minä toivon" ("I Hope").


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alegria (song) 1994 singles 1994 songs Cirque du Soleil Canadian pop songs