ANNETTE LAJON
Performer of "L'Étranger " and other pre-war hits, Annette Lajon was born in
Paris on May 26, 1901. A mezzo-soprano singer, she sang the title role in Carmen
at the Opéra-Comique before meeting composer Reynaldo Hahn in 1934 at a gala
concert at the Salle Pleyel. On the latter's advice, she turned to song,
starting with a series of concerts in the south of France, then in Paris, where
she began with small venues and triumphed at the Théâtre de l'Étoile and Bobino.
It was at Bobino that she premiered a song by Marguerite Monnot, Robert Juel and
Robert Malleron, "L'Étranger", which...
