A subdued centennial for Yves Montand

A subdued centennial for Yves Montand

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norman lebrecht

November 12, 2021

The first non-opera singer ever to command an audience at the Medtropolitan Opera in New York, Yves Montand was born in Italy on October 13, 1921 and died on a French film-set on November 9, 1991.

His life is being celebrated in an exhibition in Marseille but there are few other commemorations of oe of France’s biggest stars.

Bizarre.

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