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Simon-Max
Nicolas-Marie Simon (1852 in Reims, France – 1923), known as Simon-Max, was a French tenor who was mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe. After musical studies in Reims he made his debut in 1875 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance as Janio in La reine Indigo then on 9 September that year at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques as Anatole de Quillembois in Les cent vierges by Lecocq. At the Folies-Dramatiques he went on to sing in the premieres of Les cloches de Corneville on 17 April 1877 (Jean Grenicheux), La fille du tambour-major on 13 December 1879 and Madame Favart on 28 December 1878 (Hector de Boispréau). Other premieres included Cottinet in Le petit Parisien (16 January 1882), Inigo in La princesse des Canaries (9 February 1883), Ischabod in the French premiere of Rip (11 November 1884), Planchet in Les petits mousquetaires (5 March 1885), Michel in Fanfan la tulipe, (21 October 1882), Joseph Abrial in La fauvette du temple (17 November 1885), and singing in revivals of La fille de Madame Angot (Pomponnet) among others. He created Zizi in Ali-Baba in Brussels alongside his wife in 1887.…
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Nicolas-Marie Simon (1852 in Reims, France – 1923), known as Simon-Max, was a French tenor who was mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe. After musical studies in Reims he made his debut in 1875 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance as Janio in La reine Indigo then on 9 September that year at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques as Anatole de Quillembois in Les cent vierges by Lecocq. At the Folies-Dramatiques he went on to sing in the premieres of Les cloches de Corneville on 17 April 1877 (Jean Grenicheux), La fille du tambour-major on 13 December 1879 and Madame Favart on 28 December 1878 (Hector de Boispréau). Other premieres included Cottinet in Le petit Parisien (16 January 1882), Inigo in La princesse des Canaries (9 February 1883), Ischabod in the French premiere of Rip (11 November 1884), Planchet in Les petits mousquetaires (5 March 1885), Michel in Fanfan la tulipe, (21 October 1882), Joseph Abrial in La fauvette du temple (17 November 1885), and singing in revivals of La fille de Madame Angot (Pomponnet) among others. He created Zizi in Ali-Baba in Brussels alongside his wife in 1887.…
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