Tag: 20th arrondissement
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Walk 54 – Buzenval
Maurice Gueritte (poète)3 BIS Rue de la Réunion, 75020 Paris, France The internment of poet and playwright Maurice Gueritte in Stalag III-A, the German WW2 prisoner-of-war camp at Luckenwalde, had a lasting effect on this talented writer. The poems he wrote about his experience were published as Solitudes d’un Stalag. Post war, Gueritte was heralded…
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Walk 53 – Casque d’Or
Gérard Dunan (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)107 Rue de la Réunion, 75020 Paris, France Tenor Gérard Dunan was active on the 1960s operatic scene, appearing on recordings of Mignon (the opéra comique by Ambroise Thomas), Les Troyens (the five hour opera by Hector Berlioz), Antoine D’Auvergne’s Les Troqueurs, and Wozzeck (Alban Berg’s first opera). He was married to…
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Walk 52 – Square Séverine
René Joly (Accordeon)1 Sq. d’Amiens, 75020 Paris, France René Joly started playing the accordion with Raymond Gazave, creator of the Conservatoire d’accordéon de Paris. With Robert Deligny and Camille Quinzin he formed the Trio Musette de Paris, releasing many records in the 1950s and 60s. During his military service in Morocco he worked in the…
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Walk 51 – Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
René Duchaussoir (Guitare)15 Rue des Prairies, 75020 Paris, France René Duchaussoir was one of the many fine jazz guitarists who played the night spots of Paris during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. A fine technician of his craft, he was able to move seamlessly from jazz standards with Stephan Grappelly and Géo Daly to accompanying…
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Walk 50 – Place Édith Piaf
Nadine Santereau (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)54 Rue Pelleport, 75020 Paris, France Operatic soprano Nadine Santereau was known for her musicality and striking performances of authentic personality. In 1956 she appeared at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Platée, the opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Jacques Autreau and Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d’Orville. It was a triumphant return…
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Walk 49 – La campagne à Paris
Jean-Claude Arnaud (COMEDIENS)1 Rue du Dr Labbé, 75020 Paris, France A fine stage actor, Jean-Claude Arnaud studied at the Centre d’art dramatique de la rue Blanche (1950) then at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique (1953 – 1956), where he graduated with a first prize. Upon graduation he joined the Comédie-Française, becoming a member from…
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Objet 45 – Les Casely’s Acrobates
Les Casely’s8 Rue de la Bidassoa, 75020 Paris, France Circus duo Les Casely’s were a popular acrobatic act on the variety circuit of the 1940s and 50s. Regulars on the stage of the Casino de Paris, they were a welcome addition to any revue line-up, which often included comedians, singers, dancers and more unusual acts…
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Walk 47 – Gambetta
Jean Le Gac (artist)67 Av. Gambetta, 75020 Paris, France An internationally renowned artist, Jean Le Gac was a key player in the emergence of the Narrative Art movement. Since the 1960s, he has been reporting on the adventures of a painter, whose career could have been his, if great painting had not died with Picasso.…
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Objet 46 – Jean-François Calvé
Jean-François Calvé (COMEDIENS)91 Rue Villiers de l’Isle Adam, 75020 Paris, France Actor Jean-François Calvé studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, making his debut as a young star in both cinema and theatre in 1947. His debut in the theatre was amongst some of the greatest actors at the Comédie-Française in Molière’s Le Misanthrope.…
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