Marcel Tessier


Marcel Tessier was a Canadian historian, opera singer, professor, and writer from Quebec.

Biography

Marcel Tessier was an activist for the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale, a left wing political organization that supported the Quebec sovereignty movement. Tessier held a masters degree in history from the University of Montreal and was a professor at Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur in Montreal. He taught history for 30 years. He studied stage direction and dramatic arts under Irving Guttman for two years.
Tessier was a baritone opera singer. He was instructed in opera under the tutelage of Albert Cornelier, master of the Opera-Comique in Paris.
He was married with four children.

Awards

In 2001, Tessier was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal. In 2015, Tessier received the RPS Chevalier-de-Lorimier Award from the Rassemblement pour un Pays Souverain.

Publications

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