Tag: Xavier Smati
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Object 96 – Xavier Smati at the Opéra-Comique
Xavier Smati (ARTISTES LYRIQUES)16 Bd Soult, 75012 Paris, France In WW2 Xavier Smati was a popular opera singer in Vichy France, the Southern area that was ruled by a collaborationist government during the Nazi occupation. He took roles in Carcassonne, Albi and was first bass at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. After the war…
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Walk 96 – Porte Dorée
Jean-Claude Pelletier (Piano)269 Av. Daumesnil, 75012 Paris, France French jazz pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Jean-Claude Pelletier began his music studies at the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris aged just ten years old. He studied piano, music theory and harmony at the Conservatoire until 1948. After playing in jazz orchestras and with his own…
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