Jean-Pierre Mouchon

Jean-Pierre Mouchon was born in Marseilles (France) on July 20, 1937. M.A., Ph.D., D. Lit., Mus.D., he taught French, English, Italian in French high schools and also taught at Aix-en-Provence University. He retired in 2000, but accepted to be part-time lecturer in 2000-2001. At the same time, he undertook a singing career (bass-baritone) and recorded many records and CDs from 1959 to 2009. He has written a lot of books about Italian, English literature and linguistics, as well as on Opera, and contributed to various university journals. He was the founder and editor of " Le carnet des études gréco-latines et des langues romanes" and "Le carnet des études anglo-saxonnes et nord-américaines". He also founded the "Association internationale de chant lyrique TITTA RUFFO" in 1996, within which he is still active as president (site: titta-ruffo-international.jimdo.com). The association publishes a journal intitled "Étude."