Celine Dion (R) and her husband Rene Angelil at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on February 27, 2011 (AFP Photo/John Shearer) |
For the first
time in her career, Canadian songstress Celine Dion has appointed a new
manager, as her husband steps down from the position he has held for
more than 30 years.
Rene
Angelil, who had a cancerous tumor removed from his throat in December,
will now serve as chairman of Dion's Feeling Productions Inc., the
company said in a statement.
"It
is with great pleasure and with the utmost confidence that Rene Angelil
announces today that his long-time close friend, Aldo Giampaolo, has
been appointed as chief executive officer of Feeling Productions Inc.,
the company which manages Celine Dion's career," the statement added.
Giampaolo,
who has worked with the Quebecois couple for more than 25 years, will
live in Las Vegas, where Dion, a five-time Grammy winner, has performed
full-time for more than three years.
"Celine
and Rene have decided that the time has come to bring this appointment
to fruition, one that Rene had proposed to Aldo several years ago," the
statement said.
Giampaolo, who has worked as CEO of sports and
entertainment group Quebecor Media since July 2013, has spent nearly 25
years in show business, and worked for Cirque du Soleil from 2005 to
2011.
Dion, 46, met Angelil at the beginning of her career in 1981, when she was 12 and he was 38.
The couple began a relationship when Dion was 19 and married in 1994. They have three boys, the youngest of whom are twins.
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