Jean Périer
French opera singer (1869-1954) · France · On the map · Musicians · Died at 85
Jean (Alexis) Périer was a French operatic baryton-martin and actor. Although he sang principally within the operetta repertoire, Périer did portray a number of opera roles; mostly within operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Giacomo Puccini.
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Robert Siodmak Directed Parisian Life (1936)
Gaby Morlay Also in Entente cordiale (1939)
Aimé Clariond Also in Entente cordiale (1939)
Pauline Carton Also in Forty Little Mothers and Boissière
Janine Darcey Also in Forty Little Mothers (1936)
Karl Anton Directed Simone Is Like That and Martha
Pierre Richard-Willm Also in The Novel of Werther (1938)
Mila Parély Also in Mister Flow (1936)
Maurice Schutz Also in Pasteur (1935)
Claude Autant-Lara Directed The Courier of Lyon (1937)
Marcel L'Herbier Directed Entente cordiale (1939)
Pierre Blanchar Also in The Courier of Lyon and Courier of Lyons
Dita Parlo Also in The Courier of Lyon (1937)
Raymonde Allain Also in Remontons les Champs-Élysées (1938)
Yvette Lebon Also in Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942)
Jean Toulout Also in Entente cordiale and Street Without Joy
Jane Marken Also in Three Waltzes (1938)
Maurice Lehmann Produced The Courier of Lyon (1937)
André Roanne Also in Entente cordiale and Gibraltar
Edmond Beauchamp Also in Ballerina and The Novel of Werther
Jacques Baumer Also in Legions of Honor and Cordial Agreement
Claire Gérard Also in Forty Little Mothers and Ballerina
Henri Diamant-Berger Produced Twenty Years After (1922)
Julien Bertheau Also in Pasteur and Secrets of a Ballerina
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About this person
His career was almost entirely centered in Paris and he had a long association with the Opéra-Comique. He sang in a large number of world premieres, most notably originating the role of Pelléas in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902. In addition to his opera career, Périer appeared in several films between 1900 and 1938.
