Lévon Sayan was born in Aix-en-Provence , France , in a family of Armenian Genocide survivors from Sivas , who tried to emigrate to the U.S . He served in the French army in Indochina . In 1956 he moved to the US , where worked as the President of the New York Association of VIP hairdressing . He started a career as a classical singer in 1966 . Sayan recorded his first disc with Renée Doria . As a tenor , he sang in " Rigoletto " , " Faust " , " Carmen " and other operas
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Lévon Sayan