“I Breathe to Hold Back Tears”: Isabelle Aubret’s Last Performance and Farewell in Her Hometown.

“Oh my God, don’t talk to me about emotion! I don’t want to hear that word, I’m so overwhelmed… And I don’t want to overflow…” A few hours before her final concert, Isabelle Aubret oscillates between tears and laughter. The 84-year-old northern singer is preparing to say goodbye to Marquette-lez-Lille (North), her hometown, in the room that bears her name this Sunday, March 19, and she knows that it will be difficult to control herself. Just talking to us about it on the phone, she has “a tight throat”.