"1920-07-07Z"^^ . . "1920Z"^^ . "Merkes, Marcel"@en . "2007Z"^^ . "2007-03-30Z"^^ . . "Marcel Merk\u00E8s (July 7, 1920 \u2013 March 30, 2007), was a French tenor operetta singer.Merk\u00E8s 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 Th\u00E9\u00E2tre 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."@en . "Opera tenor" .