Marcel Tessier (29 January 1934 â 26 August 2024) was a Canadian historian, opera singer, professor, and writer from Quebec.
Marcel Tessier was an activist for the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale, a left wing political organization that supported the Quebec sovereignty movement. Tessier held a masters degree in history from the University of Montreal and was a professor at Collège Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cà Âur in Montreal. He taught history for 30 years. He studied stage direction and dramatic arts under Irving Guttman for two years.
Tessier was a baritone opera singer. He was instructed in opera under the tutelage of Albert Cornelier, master of the Opera-Comique in Paris.
He was married with four children.
In 2001, Tessier was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal (Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste). In 2015, Tessier received the RPS Chevalier-de-Lorimier Award from the Rassemblement pour un Pays Souverain.