Pierre Grivot
Pierre-Antonin-François Grivot (1834 (or possibly 1836) in Paris – 1912) was a French singer and actor who enjoyed a long career in Paris, in both operetta and opéra comique. His wife was the actress and singer Laurence Grivot. Life and career. He made his stage debut at the Théâtre Molière before entering the Théâtre Montmartre and Théâtre des Batignolles. At the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques he appeared in 1862 in "La reine Crinoline". Appearing at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, he sang in "La chercheuse d'esprit" by Charles-Simon Favart where he met his future wife. After touring  for two years, Grivot joined the Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1869, helping it through the crisis of the Paris Commune, and spent a season in Cairo with his wife. Returning to France they both were engaged by Offenbach for operettas : at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and again at the Gaîté, with premieres such as "Le voyage dans la lune" and revivals of "Orphée aux enfers" and "Geneviève de Brabant" (1875). After a year at the Variétés he moved to the Opéra-Comique where he remained as a member of the company employed in the trial repertoire for over  20 years. After his debut as Monostatos in "The Magic Flute" on 15 November 1879, his many roles included Guillot in "La Basoche", Dancaire in "Carmen", Lord Elfort in "Le domino noir", Thibaut in "Les dragons de Villars", Hortensius in "La fille du regiment", Cockburn in "Fra Diavolo", the doctor in "L'irato", Cantarelli in "Le pré aux clercs", Bertrand in "Les rendez-vous bourgeois", and Miton in "Le roi l'a dit". He created roles in "Jean de Nivelle" by Léo Delibes (Le sire de Malicorne), "Les contes d'Hoffmann" by Offenbach (servant roles), "L'amour médecin" (Bahis) and "Joli Gilles" (Pasquello) by  Ferdinand Poise, and "Manon" by Massenet (Guillot). After the death of his wife in 1890, he reduced his stage work and retired in 1903. References. This article includes material adapted from the equivalent on French Wikipedia