Simon-Max

Nicolas-Marie Simon (1852 in Reims, France – 1923), known as Simon-Max, was a French tenor who was mainly active in Paris in the field of opera-bouffe.

After musical studies in Reims he made his debut in 1875 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance as Janio in La reine Indigo then on 9 September that year at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques as Anatole de Quillembois in Les cent vierges by Lecocq.

[2] While the proprietor of the casino in Villerville, a whale was beached which Simon-Max bought, selling the oil and flesh before conserving the skin and converting the body to a theatre large enough to take 100 in the audience.

The bizarre character of the Théâtre Baleine helped the success of a show entitled « Jonas Revue ».

[1] During the run of Les cloches de Corneville he met and married the young soprano lead Juliette Simon-Girard.