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Michel Dens
Michel Dens was a French baritone, particularly associated with the French repertory, both opera and operetta. Born Maurice Marcel, the son of a journalist, he studied at the Academy of Music in Roubaix. He made his debut at the Opéra de Lille, as Wagner in Gounod's Faust, in 1934, and remained there as a member until 1936. Thereafter he sang at the Opera Houses of Bordeaux, Grenoble, Toulouse and Marseille. In 1943, he was heard at the Monte Carlo Opera as Escamillo, Valentin, and the Count in Le nozze di Figaro. After the Second World War, he began a very successful career at the Opéra-Comique and the Palais Garnier in Paris. His roles at the Opéra-Comique included; Figaro, Lescaut, Zurga, Frédéric, Ourrias, Dapertutto, Alfio, Marcello, Scarpia, et al., he took part there in the creation of Emmanuel Bondeville's Madame Bovary, on 1 June 1951. His debut role at the Opéra in 1947 was in the title role of Rigoletto, he also sang there as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Hérode in Hérodiade, Athanaël in Thais, et al. He appeared with success at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and at most of the great Opera Houses of France. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Prelude
Martha Angelici, Michel Dens, Raoul Jobin, Solange Michel, Paris Opera-Comique Chorus, Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra, André Cluytens, and Georges Bizet
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Le credo du paysan
Michel Dens, René Duclos, René Challan et son orchestre
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Véronique - Acte II - Duetto de l'escarpolette : Poussez, poussez l'escarpolette (Hélène, Florestan)
Jean-Claude Hartemann
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Pour faire un brave mousquetaire (De l'opérette "Les mousquetaires au couvent")
Michel Dens & Marcel Cariven
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Monsieur Beaucaire, Prologue: No. 2, Chanson de la rose rouge, "Au jardin où les fleurs sont écloses" (Beaucaire)
Yvon Leenart

Albums

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Bizet: Carmen

2023
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Messager: Monsieur Beaucaire

2009
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Lehár: La veuve joyeuse

2020
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Massenet: Manon

2005
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Lehár: Le pays du sourire

2020
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Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles (feat. Louis Noguera)

2003
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Massenet: Manon

2010

Videos

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Le pays du sourire: Je t'ai donné mon coeur

Michel Dens • 66K views
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Le pays du sourire: Toujours sourire

Michel Dens • 15K views
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La Mascotte: Ces envoyés du paradis

Michel Dens • 5.6K views
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Bizet : Carmen - Act III - Entr'acte cond. Elie COHEN

Kirio Matsuda • 2.4K views
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Les Mousquetaires au couvent: Pour faire un brave mousquetaire

Michel Dens • 11K views
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Les cloches de Corneville: J'ai fait trois fois le tour du monde

Michel Dens • 37K views
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Tannhauser: Romance à l'Etoile

Michel Dens • 7.2K views
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'Le Crédo du Paysan' chanté par Michel Dens

metrisch • 149K views
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Michel Dens - Chanson de l'adieu - P. Tosti.

Debecker • 7.2K views