TommKat22 Posted March 16, 2011 at 04:54 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 04:54 AM http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/mar/1...y-elegance-and/ Quote Tommy
TommKat22 Posted March 16, 2011 at 04:57 AM Author Posted March 16, 2011 at 04:57 AM Such a nice review of the show!! I love this line; "That intense level of star contact with the audience is awesome and riveting. In the 11 years I have lived in Las Vegas and the 35 before that in New York, I’ve never felt that level of intimacy achieved onstage." Quote Tommy
I Love You Posted March 16, 2011 at 04:57 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 04:57 AM http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/mar/1...y-elegance-and/ Merci. Quote
TommKat22 Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:05 AM Author Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:05 AM De rien. Quote Tommy
Chin Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:18 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:18 AM I have read that too! It's such a great review! Quote
CelineAndRene Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:26 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:26 AM I love how many people including critics are even saying: Elton who? Cher who? Bette who? So true! The QUEEN is definitely back! Quote "...It's the circle of life. You gotta look forward. Two days during the year there's nothing you can do about: yesterday and tomorrow. Today is a great day." - Celine Dion, People.
wjd Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:37 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:37 AM For those that canny be bothered to open the link, I posted this @ Vanity Edge: A magnificent masterpiece! Those are the only words to describe the magical and memorable moment when Celine Dion drops pop princess status and takes on a monarch’s mantle as legendary icon in her new spectacular at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The curtains part at the halfway mark of the show to reveal Celine singing at rear center stage after one more of the fantastic music interludes to permit her the seven fabulous designer gown changes. Almost simultaneously, a second Celine appears right in the center of the theater singing, too. It’s the duet you never ever dreamed could happen. The audience goes into a mesmerized “is it live or recorded” trance. Celine glows with radiance as the new Queen of the Strip and nobly glides slowly down the aisle. Nobody would dare reach out to touch her or interrupt the beauty of her strong, powerful voice. It’s such a reverential and awesome moment that it’s certain to cause spine-tingling and hair-raising experiences for every Colosseum spectator. The silence is so intense you could hear a pin drop, except for the audible intake of breath as the audience inhales. You suddenly realize the image of Celine onstage is a hologram and a very remarkable, uncanny and extraordinary one. It takes the entire song for heaven-sent Celine to walk down the theater aisle in a bridal white, floor-length, robed gown to reach the stage steps. When she finishes the song and the applause and standing ovation have quieted, Celine breaks the tension beautifully, joking: “You should know how long it took to teach her to get it right!” With the audience still reeling from that special effect, Celine produces another brilliant surprise, saying that her favorite duet over the years was with superstar singer Stevie Wonder. The curtain lifts on cue to show the pop prince at his piano! It’s the perfect double whammy. His hologram is so real, you’re very hard put to even dare think that it isn’t, as the real Celine and the imaged Stevie sing and chat. All of that wonder and excitement takes place in just one 10-minute section of the show. Yet the other 85 are just as filled with surprises and effects. It’s way more than the producers ever promised. AEG’s head honcho, producer John Meglen, wasn’t kidding when he told me to wait patiently for the surprises. Director Ken Ehrlich only told me half the story of what magic he was conjuring. It’s the show you never want to end. Or at least have it performed twice nightly so you can sit through it again for another 95 minutes. Celine has singlehandedly redefined class and elegance in onstage performances. Don’t be disappointed that there’s no over-the-top Las Vegas flying acrobatics, trampoline jumps, outrageous comedy video clips or Cirque du Soleil-like performers dodging firebombs. This is solely Celine, her songs and her music -- all totally pure and infinitely intimate. There is one song with billowing smoke; otherwise, you’ll feel you as if you’re in the recording studio with her or she’s singing to you in your living room. That intense level of star contact with the audience is awesome and riveting. In the 11 years I have lived in Las Vegas and the 35 before that in New York, I’ve never felt that level of intimacy achieved onstage. Maybe Elvis had a similar spark, but not to this height. Maybe Garth Brooks comes mighty close at Encore Theater at the Wynn. Very few others own that magic to reach this ultimate gold standard. Up close or on the HDTV projection with Celine, you cry, too, as the tears roll down her face with the extraordinary emotion she brings to the lyrics. Her 31-piece orchestra and band with three backup singers are the platinum-perfect accompaniment on their six-part modular stage for the 22-song set, and all are similar geniuses in their own right. The orchestra is as lush as could be, the band as tight as could be and the singers as balanced as could be. In the choreographed chorale for the Michael Jackson salute, the stage is filled with 30-plus singer finger-clicking in Radio City Music Hall high-kick precision to remind of The King of Pop’s production wizardry. The floating in-and-out stages move silently in an interlocking jigsaw wonder as if they are dancing silently. The show opens with what us sated Las Vegas showgoers might groan over -- an obligatory video clip. But this is a brilliant edit as you go around the world in 80 seconds with Celine on her most recent global tour. The high-octane video roars along, starting from the finale show at Caesars back on Dec. 15, 2007, and has shots in the limo going back to the family’s home in Lake Las Vegas with young son Rene-Charles asking plaintively that night, “What do we do now? Where do we go now?” Husband, father and manager Rene Angelil and Celine promise him that they will return one day to Caesars, and with that, the video switches to her arrival here a month ago as the curtain rises to reveal Celine herself now on March 15, 2011. (Celine believes the number 5 is her lucky number and thus everything she does is keyed to a 5.) In another brief video clip to cover a gown change later in the show, there’s incredibly personal, never-before-seen video portraits at home soon after the successful hospital delivery of twin boys Eddy and Nelson conceived after five failed in-vitro attempts. There’s another precious moment captured with Celine wide awake on their private jet nursing one of the newborn twins and Rene fast asleep with the other twin in the same position. In the show opener, Celine stands in a shimmering gold and ivory Armani gown at center stage with the world’s largest pure white billowing curtain. It flies away instantly in a split second as if Criss Angel pulled the ultimate Mindfreak vanish. The stage is filled wall to wall with the orchestra, band and three backup singers. It’s the first wow moment of the night. As she sings the first number with tear-filled eyes, 11 painting-sized video screens drop from the ceiling amid threads of burning candleholders to show how she sung it over the years at different ages. It’s all a very original and dramatic impact, particularly as the orchestra’s six-sectioned platform floats forward to the audience. Celine, who also wears stunning outfits from Versace, Givenchy, Balmain and Elie Saab, is refreshingly candid talking with the audience at the show’s first possible moment: “This is a dream come true. We are overjoyed at what has happened and that we are back at Caesars. But I am still nervous about it.” And in a reference to Rene’s poker-playing skills at the tables: “It’s an even bigger dream come true for Rene!” Celine admits to gaining 60 pounds while pregnant, but the hard work of the show and the parenting had her back in fine form in no time. The 42-year-old singer who celebrates her birthday in two weeks said she can’t believe how fast the time has gone since they left and how fast Rene-Charles, now 10, has grown. “Now I have the best of both worlds looking after my four boys (that includes Rene!), being with the family and still performing. This is a gift from heaven,” she said. When she sings “Lullaby” to say goodnight to the babies, she shows the recent Las Vegas baptism of the twins, and everybody agrees with her that “this is the best there is.” Her voice is sent from the angels. It’s the best it’s ever been since she was 13 and scored with four albums by age 16. The break from performing has made it stronger and more sensational. In the setting of this show, it rings as a crystal clear phenomenon of confidence, poise and power. The music matches Celine’s majesty, too. A classical violinist plays while strolling through the audience. Three amazing cello players rock out on one of the side areas of the stage. The five brass boys onstage step right into the audience while playing. Everybody is having fun, and it adds yet another strategic plus as to why the show is unique and solely about songs and sounds. Her “You Are the Reason” is sung against one of the most dramatic wall drops of blossoming giant flowers and a staggering chandelier, a genius artistic approach to set decoration. You can’t help be wowed by that, but then Celine does her music tribute to my hero, MI5 super agent James Bond. Now she’s in a black sequined gown for “Goldfinger,” and the mammoth video wall is alive with what must be 200 feet of shattering colorful animation that should start the next 007 movie. Look closely and you’ll spot Rene-Charles as the young secret agent. It’s cutting-edge technology for a total multimedia environment created by Moment Factory of Montreal, who also dealt another winning card with the water screen. Every image, filmed with special cameras or created electronically, seen in The Colosseum was created specifically for the new show. When she sings “The Music Never Ends,” you want her show to never end. When she sits with a solo guitarist onstage inches from the front rows to sing Janis Ian’s hit “Seventeen” and then goes into “Beauty & the Beast” with Barnev Valsaint, you are in a hypnotic state wondering just how far she can push the buttons of emotion. She answers with the ultimate tearjerker of Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don’t Leave Me) by writer Jacques Brel. The tears pour down her face and that of the audience. Celine dominates the stage, rules the arena and commands the crowd with “All By Myself” and in more breathtaking moments at centers stage with just a piano and her longtime music director. The superlatives aren’t enough to keep up with this. Celine zips into a gold sequined tuxedo jacket and tight leather pants for her Michael Jackson tribute, saying, “He changed my life. I learned English to sing like him.” For “Man in the Mirror,” she’s backed by an 18-member finger-snapping choir and one closing shot of a smiling Michael in a picture frame. The finale leads from “River Deep Mountain High” into her final wardrobe change of a green, bare-shouldered turquoise gown as she sings the Titanic love song “My Heart Will Go On.” It’s an appropriate ending. The show is huge, totally terrific and titanic itself. If tonight is the night she decides to say she’s staying longer than planned in Las Vegas, we wouldn’t be at all surprised. Celine reigns triumphant and will continue to do so for the next three years and possibly five. No other words can do the show justice: a magnificent masterpiece. Welcome back, Celine! Quote Céline Dion, music's greatest ever singer, the biggest-selling Canadian artist of all-time and most successful female live act ever - what's not to love?
Céline74 Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:38 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:38 AM Thanks, that was so emotional to read and now i feel all... :wub: Quote http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz298/virgo17th/Sam%20and%20Me/Senzatitolo-1-1.jpg
TommKat22 Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:42 AM Author Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:42 AM You're very welcome! And I know! It was a fantastic review that made me feel happy that the press was praising her again! Quote Tommy
Celinefanatic07 Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:42 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:42 AM AMAZING UPON AWESOME UPON UNBELIEVABLE!!! RC is a secret agent! AWWWHAWWWW Quote http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k124/oldies830/mgean_2.jpgDO NOT STEAL MY SIGNATURE"It's hard in a recording studio, because I'm infront of a microphone, I have to imagine all of you and then I'm able to sing the songs for you...Now I'm still infront of a microphone, with all of you right infront of me, to see all of your faces, That's why I still do it!" (wild applause) thankyou for the flowers - Celine after a flower moment 9-22-08
amsingapore Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:48 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 05:48 AM The title is great!! Quote No Music, No Life, No me!
Trav33068 Posted March 16, 2011 at 06:19 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 06:19 AM I am glad I read it and I am glad Celine has created an intimate show unlike no other to continue the love affair with her fans and people that made her who she is today. I have been waiting for two years (or what seems like it) to see what she was preparing for the fans. I cant wait until I can see it in person! I just hope I don't have to pee through the whole show like I did when I saw A New Day Quote
TommKat22 Posted March 16, 2011 at 06:38 AM Author Posted March 16, 2011 at 06:38 AM You're welcome! Quote Tommy
pascaladolphejean Posted March 16, 2011 at 10:17 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 10:17 AM Boston Globe, March 16, 2011 Dion Returns to Recession-Hit Vegas with New Show LAS VEGAS—Celine Dion has returned to the Las Vegas stage in a parade of sparkly dresses with thigh-hit slits, a stage full of trumpeters, violinists and drummers, and a special appearance by Stevie Wonder.The French-Canadian crooner sang the romantic opuses that made her an international star, including "My Heart Will Go On" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," in her encore performance Tuesday night at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. She also shared a pre-recorded duet with Wonder to his "Overjoyed.""Was that neat or what?" Dion told the concert hall of more than 4,000 people as a hologram of Wonder faded from the stage.A lot is riding on this sequel performance. Dion, who gave birth to twin boys nearly five months ago, is tending to an expanded family while trying to mirror or surpass her previous success in a city that has yet to pry itself free from the embrace of a brutal recession.The new three-year production pays tribute to Old Hollywood, with a 31-person orchestra dressing the stage, including an entourage of guitarists, back-up singers, drummers and a pianist, all clad in black tuxedos and gowns.Gone are the Cirque du Soleil-style dancers and theatrics that saw Dion harnessed to a cable and flown in the air during her previous, five-year stint at the Colosseum that ended in 2007."From Michael Jackson to James Bond to 'Mr. Paganini,' it's so different, and it's so classy, and it's fun," Dion told The Associated Press before the show. "Different flavor. Different colors of music."She performed songs made famous by Jackson, Billy Joel and Ella Fitzgerald. There was also a mod homage to James Bond and a "Smooth Criminal" jam session.A chandelier twinkled above the stage during a performance of "Because You Loved Me," smoke licked at Dion's heels during "All by Myself," and in a haunting mid-concert rendition of Jacques Brel's "Ne Me Quitte Pas," Dion tearfully contemplated the loss of a lover in her native French.The concert hall swelled at the emotion. Women cried, cheered on their feet and wiped their eyes dry.Caesars Palace President Gary Selesner said executives initially questioned reopening the show amid Nevada's 14.2 percent unemployment, the highest in the nation. Caesars lost $831.1 million last year, or roughly $3.5 million more than its net income in 2009.In comparison, the unemployment rate in Nevada was 5.2 percent in 2003, when Dion's first stint, "A New Day," opened in Las Vegas.Despite the recession since, "people still want to see the big stars get on the stage and sing their hits," Selesner said.Dion wore a bedazzled white strapless gown and belted out Journey's "Open Arms" on a stage dressed in sheer curtains. As she approaching the booming chorus, the curtains dropped to reveal rows of musicians across the stage.Later in the show, a video showed images of her oldest son blowing out his birthday candles, of the twins being baptized at a Las Vegas church, and performances by a young Dion at the dawn of her career.She donned seven outfits, most covered in glittery details, during the nearly two-hour journey through her greatest hits.Dion also performed "Man in the Mirror" in a memorial to the belated Jackson, a longtime musical influence. She said he attended a performance of "A New Day," then probed her about the experience."He was probably interested in coming here and performing here," Dion said. "I really wanted to kind of sing a few of his songs to tell people how big of a loss that is for him to not be here any longer."Dion was originally expected to start her new show at Caesars in June 2010, but five failed in-vitro fertilization attempts delayed those plans. She delivered twin sons Nelson and Eddy in October, and began rehearsing in January as she continued to breastfeed the babies and care for her 10-year-old son with the help of her mother, sister and a nanny.In that time, Dion also squeezed in a performance at the 83rd Academy Awards last month."I didn't think I would be ready after this pregnancy, but everything is smoother than I thought," said Dion, who is living with her brood at Caesars while a nursery is added to her lakeside home outside Las Vegas.Before she left Caesars to launch a world tour in 2008, "A New Day" grossed more than $400 million over five years.Caesars spent $95 million to build the Colosseum for Dion in 2003, complete with a humidifier to protect her voice. The show opened to bad reviews, but was a commercial triumph.The new show is poised to become another hit, Selesner said. Ticket purchases have so far exceeded the pace of sales for "A New Day," and executives expect the French-Canadian singer to drive convention business, room rentals, travel to Las Vegas, room rates and restaurant sales.Dion said she tries not to dwell on the tall expectations."I want people to come and not feel disappointed. That's my most important job," said Dion. "I personally don't think I have anything to do with the economy Quote
celinemaniacaik Posted March 16, 2011 at 10:35 AM Posted March 16, 2011 at 10:35 AM Celine is the best and always will be...she VALUES her fan unlike other celebrities Quote http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwk66t4rhm1r2j3uro1_500.jpg Follow Me On TUMBLR: Celinedion4ever
Your_Su_Phu Posted March 19, 2011 at 12:42 AM Posted March 19, 2011 at 12:42 AM I'll post some later but it's easy, just go to google and search for celine dion and click on the news tab on the top you can narrow down your search based on the date of the articles as well Quote
velkyprase Posted March 19, 2011 at 08:23 AM Posted March 19, 2011 at 08:23 AM Some reviews: Celine Dion's new show has critics ravingDion has grown into her diverse new Colosseum showcaseCeline Dion’s show is a masterpiece of majesty, elegance and amazing duetsReview: Céline Dion’s Vegas show more spectacular than everCeline Dion show gets rave reviews Quote "There is no great genius without some touch of madness." Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
Bruno Portugal Posted March 19, 2011 at 08:57 AM Posted March 19, 2011 at 08:57 AM Quite simply, Dion is better than ever. If her last show sold out for five years, this one should make it for ten. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/artic...-than-ever?bn=1 Quote My Webpage >>> TRIBUTE TO CELINE DION
TommKat22 Posted March 19, 2011 at 09:15 AM Author Posted March 19, 2011 at 09:15 AM http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/luxe-l...palace-its-pur/ Sorry if this has already been posted! :/ Quote Tommy
CelineDionFan710 Posted March 19, 2011 at 04:57 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 04:57 PM they are all great reviews. AWWW thank you Quote http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj194/CelineFan710/11_perform_gown-pg-horizontal.jpgCeline is my idol
fallen Posted March 19, 2011 at 06:17 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 06:17 PM here it is ! it's a well written review . http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/luxe-life...y-elegance-and/ Quote http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac323/Celinefan15/drawings%20and%20random%20pics/Miracle.jpg Check out my artwork: http://www.celinedionforum.com/Celine-in-C...cil-t47747.html
Your_Su_Phu Posted March 19, 2011 at 07:16 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 07:16 PM (edited) it seems that all the great reviews are coming from las vegas writers that's using the show to try and boost up their economy. now there looking at Celine as the Saviour of their economy and like all of them have a secret agreement to rave the show to draw the crowds in. anyone else get that feeling. I'm supposed to take a break from posting (kill me now lol) but this is not really true Of course the Vegas writers have this incentive but they're not the only ones gushing. Celine's gotten glowing reviews from Newsweek, USA today, The toronto star not to mention Quebec press. One of the people who gave her a glowing review is one of the most respected stage critics in Toronto. Edited March 19, 2011 at 07:23 PM by Your_Su_Phu Quote
Your_Su_Phu Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:24 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:24 PM (edited) can you give me all these links some non vegas articles: USA today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/20...line11_VA_N.htm toronto star (richard ouzounian, the author is very respected): http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/artic...cular-than-ever selkirk journal (canadian): http://www.selkirkjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3030160 associated press (this was the very positive article by AP that was rerun by about a bajillion different news sites) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110316/ap_on_...line_dion_vegas la presse (in french): http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/musique/201...a-las-vegas.php newsweek (it wasn't a review but they did a gigantic feature of her in which they called her the biggest act since elvis..they are usually quite mean to celine) http://www.newsweek.com/content/newsweek/2...poor-vegas.html Edited March 19, 2011 at 11:27 PM by Your_Su_Phu Quote
Alex_Incognito Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:31 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:31 PM LA PRESSE confirmed celebrities:Rosie O'Donnell, Siegfried and Roy, et Jackie Jackson, venu voir l'hommage à son frère Michael, assis parmi les Jean-Pierre Ferland, Luc Plamondon, Benoît Brière, Véronic DiCaire, Mario Saint-Amand, Roch Voisine, Ricardo Larrivée, Josélito Michaud, Véronique Béliveau, Régis Labeaume, Michael Fortier et Guy Laliberté Quote "People pay 20-25 dollars to see you."- Céline Dion, 1990
Celinefanatic07 Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM She's simply the best!!! Better than all the rest! Quote http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k124/oldies830/mgean_2.jpgDO NOT STEAL MY SIGNATURE"It's hard in a recording studio, because I'm infront of a microphone, I have to imagine all of you and then I'm able to sing the songs for you...Now I'm still infront of a microphone, with all of you right infront of me, to see all of your faces, That's why I still do it!" (wild applause) thankyou for the flowers - Celine after a flower moment 9-22-08
Bellamy Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM Posted March 19, 2011 at 11:38 PM Way less than A New Day premiere and final show. Isn't J.J. Goldman there too? Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
puttybuddy Posted March 21, 2011 at 12:20 AM Posted March 21, 2011 at 12:20 AM I love all this positive press. Good for you Celine! ♥ Quote The greatest voice ever! ♥
binsk Posted August 13, 2011 at 12:06 AM Posted August 13, 2011 at 12:06 AM http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/08/11/celine-...s-vegas-review/ Quote -RK
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