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Marcel Merkès (July 7, 1920 – March 30, 2007), was a French tenor operetta singer. Merkès was born in Bordeaux. After receiving several prizes in singing at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, he started at the age of 22 years at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in the role of Des Grieux in ''Manon'', an opera by Jules Massenet. He often performed an operetta duo with his wife Paulette Merval, a singer and violinist, who he had met at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux. They totaled more than 10,500 performances and recorded many records in their careers. He was a prolific performer at the Théâtre Mogador in Paris. Merkès was married to violinist and singer Paulette Merval. Their son, Alain Merkès, also pursued a career as singer under the name Alain Valmer. Marcel died in Pessac. ==Notable performances== Notable performances, debut of performance is given: *''Rêve de Valse'' by Oscar Straus – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 22 March 1947 *''Imperial Violets'' by Vincent Scotto – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 31 January 1948 *''Annie du Far-West'' by Irving Berlin – Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, 19 February 1950 *''Rose-Marie'' by Rudolf Friml – Théâtre de l'Empire, 12 May 1950 *''La Veuve joyeuse'' by Franz Lehár – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 17 November 1951 *''Les Amants de Venise'' by Vincent Scotto – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 5 December 1953 *''Les amours de Don Juan'' by Juan Morata – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 23 December 1955 *''Michel Strogoff'' by Jack Ledru – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 5 December 1964 *''Vienne chante et Danse'' by Johann Strauss II and Jack Ledru – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 25 November 1967 *''Douchka'' by Georges Garvarentz and Charles Aznavour – Théâtre Mogador, Paris, 4 October 1973 *''Princesse Czardas'' by Emmerich Kálmán, Avignon 1979–1982 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcel Merkès」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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