Barbara. Tell me, when will you come back?

Barbara - Who is she? What do they know about her today in Russia? A lady in black, poet, composer and singer - in France she is idolized to this day. This Barbara song sounded at a mourning ceremony after Parisian terrorist attacks in November 2015: at the time of the tests, people turn to what is their spiritual code. It was behind her from a concert to a concert that a whole generation of French intellectuals rolled around Europe. Her photo was always carried with him by Maurice Bezhar. Hearing her album for the first time, Mikhail Baryshnikov began to teach French. Her famous song dedicated to fans, “My love story is you” forever said goodbye to the public of Yves Saint Laurent. Jacques Brel adored her and shot her, Werrar Depardieu wrote about her, today her songs in the repertoire of Karl Bruni and many other performers.

The book of the famous theatrical critic Nina Agisheva is an attempt to solve the riddle of Barbara and resurrect the time of high romanticism in art, to awaken interest in her songs in the Russian reader and listener, which found their place in the new century.