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| Tony Poncet |
Tony Poncet (1918-1979) was a French tenor of Spanish
origin. He enjoyed immense popularity from its beginnings in 1953 until
the 1970s. He was a specialist in high tenor roles, and almost the sole
owner of his generation roles Arnold in Guillaume Tell, he sang nearly 90
times, and Eleazar in La Juive. He sang about 200 times Canio in Pagliacci,
a role he also played for the first French TV channel. It is also lives on
the small screen in an angelic version of Jacques Ibert, and the cinema in
"The pendulum Solomon "Vicky Ivernel in 1960 he also sang:
Cavalleria Rusticana Aida, La Boheme, Tosca, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Herodias,
La Favorite, L'Africaine, Les Huguenots, Carmen, The Knight of the Rose, The
Land of Smiles and occurred in a large number of concerts and recitals. His
activities brought him to sing in many countries, including the United States
where he was invited to sing at Carnegie Hall Les Huguenots in 1969. In
1971, his health became precarious, compelled to gradually abandon the theater,
but this force of nature, however, continued to perform in concert, almost
until the end of his jours. On also be noted that, at the During these shows,
he enriched his repertoire of tunes that were not there before, including for
example the force of destiny Verdi, as evidenced by some live recordings from
this period Also known for his heroic conduct during World War II, he held
the Military Cross and the Medal of Freedom of the United States. He was
also a Knight of the Legion of Honor and Arts and Letters. An extensive
discography, repeatedly reprinted leaves a testimony of his art. A monument
and a walk on a river commemorate his memory in the town of
Bagneres-de-Bigorre, where he spent his adolescence.
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