The Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris will celebrate a mass for the first time since the fire on December 11 of this year. As part of the ceremony, a choir made up of all the participants in the grandiose restoration of the cathedral will perform, reports the Le Figaro portal.
The choir, which has already begun rehearsing workers, security personnel, restorers, glaziers, carpenters and archaeologists, will perform the spiritual hymn of the French composer Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) “Song of Jean Racine” (Cantique de Jean Racine). The publication notes that rehearsals continue for several months under the direction of the director. Frederica Pinaultwho leads several amateur groups, including the Sorbonne (University of Paris) choir.
The idea of having participants in the restoration speak at the cathedral’s opening ceremony came to a chemist from the fresco painting and polychrome department of the Historical Monuments Research Laboratory. Stephanie Duchesne. He noted that about 80 people enthusiastically supported his initiative.
According to her, people who normally never come into professional contact because they work “in bunkers” and laboratories, almost for the first time work every day on a big project.
“All this atmosphere, this anthill… We’ll regret it a little when it’s over.” – he explained and added that singing together in choirs will allow us to “expand the project” and “prolong the friendship.”
As reported EADailyOn April 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the French capital at Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was not extinguished until ten in the morning the following day. More than 400 firefighters worked to put out the fire; They barely managed to save the building from total destruction. As a result of the fire, the cathedral’s famous spire and part of the roof collapsed. French Minister of Culture Frank Riester He stated that the damage to the cathedral was caused mainly by smoke and not fire. He predicted that the restoration of the cathedral would take “many years and hundreds of millions of euros.” The French president immediately planned to complete the restoration work within five years.
On May 24, 2024, a restored metal cross, 12 meters wide and weighing about 2 tons, which fell from the roof during a fire, was reinstalled on the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It took Norman craftsmen about a year and a half to restore the item to its original state.
Former president of France Emmanuel Macron at the meeting With president of germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier He said Notre Dame would open to visitors on December 8.
