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As an opera conductor Pelletier was highly esteemed for his profound understanding of the French and Italian repertoire; as a symphony conductor he was perhaps....
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Wilfrid Pelletier – La Traviata - 1940
Biographyby Cécile Huot
“My arrival at the Met turned out to be the most important period of my career, both in longevity and accomplishments.
I first entered there when I was barely 21 and left fully mature, 33 years later. Throughout my tenure, I helped many artists hone their craft, and was encouraged to develop my own, thanks to the invaluable assistance of those whose cultures and human values impressed me as much as their personalities.
“Wilfrid Pelletier.
Une symphonie inachevée, mémoires.”
Wilfrid Pelletier (1896-1982) was born in Montreal into a family of amateur musicians, all of whom sang or played an instrument.
When Wilfred Pelletier was born on 7 March , in Daigle, New Canada, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Joseph Pelletier, was 43 and his mother.
Early in life, he showed promise as a pianist. Barely a teen, a friend of his recommended him for a job as accompanist to the Montreal Opera Company (1910-1913). This experience would lead him to a brilliant a