Jean Cussac
Jean Cussac (born 31 May 1922) is a French baritone and music director.
Biography[]
Born in Paris, Jean Cussac studied lyrical singing at the Conservatoire de Paris, and subsequently turned to jazz and joined the Swingle Singers at their creation in 1962, alongside , Jeanette Beaucomont, Christiane Legrand, , Claude and José Germain. Together, they recorded many albums and received several awards including the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1964 and the Grand Prix du disque of the Académie Charles-Cros.
The same year, he was chosen to be the sung voice of the prince during the redubbing of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He therefore began a regular collaboration with the Walt Disney Pictures as a singer. (One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Pinocchio,[1]) then as musical director (Dumbo,[1] The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, Lady and the Tramp,[1]) an opportunity for him to continue working with his Swingle partners.
As music director, he also supervised The Secret of NIMH (1982), Annie and An American Tail (1986) among other things.
He also took part in the recording of songs from French films such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and (1973) and to albums such as by Barbara (1970) and Les Chansons de Sylvain et Sylvette.
Nevertheless, he didn't abandon the lyrical repertoire, recording among others the Coronation Mass by Mozart, Les Malheurs d'Orphée by Darius Milhaud alongside Claudine Collart, , Jacqueline Brumaire, Bernard Demigny and André Vessières. He was also Kapellmeister at Les Invalides church in Paris.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Redoublage.
External links[]
- Portrait in La Gazette du doublage
- 1922 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Paris
- 20th-century French singers
- French choral conductors
- French male conductors (music)
- French operatic baritones
- Conservatoire de Paris alumni
- 20th-century French conductors (music)
- 20th-century French male musicians
- 21st-century French conductors (music)
- 20th-century male singers
- 21st-century French male musicians
- The Swingle Singers members