Michel Caron (29 April 1929 in Sèvres - 3 September 2001 in Le Mesnil-Simon, Eure-et-Loir) was a French operatic tenor and stage actor.
He sang in operettas like The White Horse Inn (1960) and opéra-bouffe La Périchole with Jean Le Poulain and Roger Carel, and Barbe Bleue with Jean Le Poulain and Arlette Didier (1968).[1]
Biographie
From childhood, Michel Caron wanted to become an actor. He entered the René Simon class, then the Conservatoire de Paris where he won three first prizes: opera, comic opera and operetta.
Caron's career began at the Théâtre du Châtelet to perform Guy Florès during a revival of The White Horse Inn (1960/1961).[2]
He was then at the top of the bill for two plays of opéra-bouffe, performed in 1968, La Périchole with Jean Le Poulain and Roger Carel and Barbe Bleue with Jean Le Poulain and Arlette Didier.[3]
Filmography
- 1978: Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret, episode: Maigret et le tueur by Marcel Cravenne
- 1981: Le Choix des armes, by Alain Corneau
- 1982: Le Démon dans l'île by Francis Leroi
Bibliography
- Mishima n'était pas un héros, the testimony book of his eldest daughter Laurence Caron-Spokojny on the disappearance of Michel Caron, 3 September 2001, Editions Publibook, 2013, ISBN 978-2342000269.
References
- ↑ L'Avant-scène: Opéra 1988 Page 135 " Il faudra attendre février 1967 pour la création scénique française qui aura lieu à Mulhouse with Michel Caron and Anna Maria B"
- ↑ Parcours de Michel Caron
- ↑ Opéra-bouffe with Michel Caron
External links
- Orphée aux enfers broadcast on ORTF 17 December 1958.
- Emission "DIM DAM DOM" broadcast 31 October 1969 on ORTF, introduced by Marie Laforêt. Le Ténor de la Périchole, Michel Caron.
- Video of Arletty, Georges Van Parys and Michel Caron
- La Périchole by Offenbach directed by Maurice Lehmann with Michel Caron, broadcast on ORTF, 24 December 1971.
- Michel Caron's career, lyric artist and actor
- Michel Caron at AllMusic