User blog:BeccaSchmecca/Opera vs. Pop: Espoir de succès veterans among special guests during Paul Guerin's performance in Trois-Rivières

Every year on a Friday night in mid-February ever since 2006, operatic tenor and former Prochaine star d'opéra contestant Paul Guerin performs at the Colisée de Trois-Rivières along with the city's titular symphony orchestra. He also invites nationwide and international recording artists regardless of genre.

Among this year's special guest performances were veterans of the former Canal de triomphe show Espoir de succès which ran until 2015.

The first Espoir de succès winner Razo Janvier, who will begin a new concert tour in March, performed his 2012 hit "Merde, je suis seul" along with Guerin. Razo's solo set list were covers of "Moon River", "I Saw Her Standing There", and "That's What Friends Are For", originally by Audrey Hepburn, The Beatles, and Rod Stewart, respectively.

Season 2 contestant Kanami Jinno performed "Caruso" along with Guerin before singing two songs in her solo set list: "Always Remember Us This Way" and "I Could Fall in Love", originally by Lady Gaga and Selena Qunitanilla-Pérez, respectively. Rita Klavins, also from the second season, performed "O sole mio" with Guerin, for which Klavins added harmonies in the style of Mariah Carey. In addition, Klavins' solo set list consisted of two popular songs from the late 1990's: Céline Dion's "That's the Way It Is" and Hélène Ségara's "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment".