Alain-René Georges sings and talks about Aristide Bruant

Route de l'Orbrie, Auberge du Pot Bleu

Immortalized by his friend the painter Toulouse-Lautrec, Aristide Bruant is part of the collective memory. His legendary silhouette and his best-known songs are on everyone's lips. The Nini peau d'chien that we love, A la Bastille allowed him to fortune around Chat Noire, the famous cabaret of Rodolphe Salis. He sang the misery of the most roguish Parisian neighborhoods and presented himself as a "Popular chansonnier." Anatole France called him "The master of the street." Alain-René Georges's show tells the life of a man with an extraordinary destiny through his q…