Diane Dufresne with Yannick Nézet-Séguin

A popular French-language performer with a career that stretched out to nearly five decades, Diane Dufresne studied voice and art in Paris before returning to Montreal (her birthplace, born September of 1944) to start her career in music. Her debut in Montreal, in 1969's Clemence Desrochers' Les Girls, led to a collaboration with composer Francois Cousineau and lyricist Luc Plamondon (the latter of which would last through most of her career). Dufresne released her debut album in 1972, followed with quick second in 1973. A successful debut single, "J'ai Rencontre l'Homme de Ma...