Jacques Pottier

Jacques Pottier, (born 17 August 1930, Darnétal, France), is a French operatic Lyric tenor and recording artist. He was a Principal Tenor with the Opéra National de Paris.

Pottier entered the Paris Conservatory in 1954, in the class of Ketty Lapeyrette, while taking lessons in Rouen with Rose Pocidalo with whom he made his debut in Werther in 1957. He was also taught by Paul Cabanel, Jean Claverie and Maurice Faure, and after winning a first prize in singing at the Paris Conservatory in 1956, he was awarded a grant to study at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Sienna, Italy. While there he was noticed by the singer Gina Cigna who invited him to work for her in Milan.

In 1961 Pottier sang in Lille as The Unknown Prince (Calàf) in Turandot. The following year he entered the Opéra National de Paris as Principal Tenor and played the role of An Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier, performing with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. By 1972 he had performed roles in Rigoletto, Carmen, Tosca, Faust, Tannhäuser, Falstaff, Tristan and Isolde, La Bohème, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, I Pagliacci, Cavalleria rusticana, Il trovatore, Aïda, Der Fliegende Holländer, Lucia di Lammermoor and Prométhée, and sang in Verdi's Requiem, and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

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