Alain Vanzo [SEP] occupation
Alain Vanzo
Alain Vanzo (April 2, 1928 – January 27, 2002) was a French opera singer and composer, one of few French tenors of international standing in the postwar era. He, along with such singers as Henri Legay and the Canadian Léopold Simoneau, represented a traditional French lyric style during a period when larger Italian and German vocal styles had become popular.
Life and career.
Vanzo was born in Monte Carlo, Monaco, the son of a Mexican father and a French mother. He started
(EMI) 1979.
- Massenet: "Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame" – Alain Vanzo (Jean), Jules Bastin (Boniface), Marc Vento (Le Prieur), L'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Roger Boutry – 1978 (EMI)
- Meyerbeer: Fourteen Mélodies – Alain Vanzo, ténor; Josée Fabre, piano. Coriolan: GPP000016 released 2002.
- Offenbach: "La Périchole" – Régine Crespin (La Périchole), Alain Vanzo (Piquillo), Jules Bastin (Don Andrès