Reopening of Notre-Dame: Everything did not go as planned, an artist in charge of the ceremony says!

The image went around the world this Saturday, December 7, 2024. After 5 long years of work () following the fire that occurred on April 15 and 16, 2019, Notre-Dame reopened its doorsmore beautiful than ever. covered by all teams France 2 and during which a large concert was organized after a religious ceremony marked by the presence of many guests, including .

Invited to close the ban on this major event broadcast in prime time on the second channel, DJ Michaël Canitrot () answered a few questions at Parisian Today in France. Known for its Monumental tour (XXL concerts with lightshows on the most beautiful historical monuments), the DJ did not hide the fact that the evening had passed with a few unexpected events. “Rehearsals were completely postponed due to the weatherunderlines the creator of the evenings So happy in Paris. The first ones took place two days ago.»

Forty-eight hours before, a strong storm crossed the north of France and did not spare the staff in charge of the gala evening of the show Notre Dame. “Gusts of 100 km/h blew across the square, says Michaël Canitrot. On my 4m high DJ stage which was placed in the middle, the situation was quite worrying. I thought I was going to fly away.”

Expressing its fears to production, the latter decided to record the show on Friday evening rather than Saturday, which was predicted to be a deluge of rain. “Friday evening, we shot the sequence twice, followed by a long night of editing“, admits Michaël Canitrot. Meteorological inconveniences which recall those who, too, had forced a certain person to record a few hours before the famous ceremony broadcast on television.