Jacques Jansen
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Jacques Jansen (born Jacques Toupin, November 22, 1913 - March 13, 2002) was a French baryton-martin singer. He made his debut as Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy at Grand Théâtre de Genève in 1941. He also recorded the role the same year under the conductor Roger Désormière. This recording is widely considered as the reference recording of this opera. Jansen later recorded the same role under André Cluytens and Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Today he is best known for this role although he also sang baroque opera (Les Indes Galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau), modern opera (Christophe Colombe by Darius Milhaud), operetta (The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar) and Lieder.
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- http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-8-2002-16147.asp An obituary in English.
- http://perso.orange.fr/anao/interpr/jansen.html An obituary in French.
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