2023-09-15 02:14:00
Is this the end of a first week of controversy around the anthems? For the second match of the French rugby team in this World Cup this Thursday against Uruguay, the Marseillaise rang out in the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d’Ascq (North) without any problem. The XV of France had chosen to keep an anthem sung by a children’s choir, but this time recorded and re-orchestrated, to avoid any sound problems on TV, and in the stadium.
On the television side, the result was quite pleasant, with a Marseillaise that could easily be heard echoing in the stadium. In Pierre-Mauroy, to the applause of President Emmanuel Macron, the French anthem was concluded a cappella. Very well made according to the reporters from Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France present on site.
The anthem affair stirred up the start of this World Cup. The French anthem was sung a cappella by a children’s choir on the pitch of the Stade de France for the opening match against New Zealand. But, covered by the chants of the public, and with a dubious arrangement in canon (with several voices), the whole thing had turned into cacophony.
Other hymns, Irish and Italian in particular, sung by children’s choirs with several voices, have also been severely criticized. This led World Rugby and France 2023 to reconsider their initial choices and offer the selections a choice. Or a hymn, always sung by children, but in a reorchestrated version, without canon, and recorded. A more classic anthem. And more successful.
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