The Little Frenchman in the Red Army Choir | M6 | 66 minutes

Just over a year ago, Vincent Niclo, a singer with a fine tenor voice, had the idea of a lifetime. This virtual unknown had the nerve to ask the prestigious Red Army Choir to make a record with him. To his great surprise, that venerable institution, which is looking to freshen its image, agreed. The recording, entitled “Red Opera”, is a smash hit in France. But Vincent Niclo really wants to use it to conquer the vast Russian public as have other French artistes like Patricia Kaas and Mireille Mathieu. On November 10 last, he was invited to Moscow to appear on a TV show watched by 150 million viewers. How did this little Frenchman come to be adopted by the Red Army Choir?