I stumbled upon a release group which uses in its artist field not only the performer, but also the author. It feels wrong to me, but before editing I wanted to check if my gut feeling is indeed correct or not.
This is not classical, so I’d probably just have the performer.
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That’s are very old convention for Releases where the writer/lyricist (not the composer) is the common ground: Edit #122657495 - MusicBrainz
I feel it respects artist intent, the way it is now? I assume the author is considered a key part of this release.
If a cover band makes a Beatles cover album, would we put the Beatles in the release artist credits? We wouldn’t, would we? 
It’s a tribute album, rather.
And Boris Vian was dead, already.
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What does Chante mean? Is this like “Serge Reggiani sings Boris Vian”?
As @jesus2099 says - a cover is a cover. You don’t normally credit the artist who’s work you are singing. That’s just the release title.
Discogs calls this “Chante Boris Vian” by “Serge Reggiani” which seems more or a normal credit to me.
If these were books then it would make sense to have the author’s name in the credits. But if people are singing it seems more sensible to treat them as covers.
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“Chante” means “Sings”.
Title: Serge Reggiani chante Boris Vian
Artist: Serge Reggiani
Would be nicest, IMO.
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