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Paul Gay

Paul Gay is a French bass-baritone who sings opera and other classical forms. He has performed in France, Germany, Russia, and the United States, with a number of significant companies and directors. Gay's singing as Temrouk in Georges Bizet's Ivan IV was criticized by "Classics Today.com". He showed some early promise, according to auditions. He was termed "a reliable Masetto" in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Gay has secured some title roles. On 2 February 2008 he appeared on NPR in the title role in Édouard Lalo's The King of Ys. In August 2009, he performed the title role of St. Paul in Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio, St. Paul, with Leon Botstein conducting. He sang the title role of Enescu's Oedipe in Bucharest and London in 2017 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski, and then for the first time on stage at the Bregenz Festival in July 2025 under Hannu Lintu, with "the charisma for the young leader in Acts 2 and 3, also eloquently capturing the character's suffering". From Wikipedia (

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Verdi: La traviata / Act I: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici"

Paul Gay, Herbert von Karajan, Giuseppe Verdi, Rolando Villazón, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herman Wallén, Helene Schneiderman, Salvatore Cordella, Anna Netrebko, and Carlo Rizzi

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Verdi: La traviata / Act I: "Dell'invito trascorsa è già l'ora"

Paul Gay, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Rolando Villazón, Giuseppe Verdi, Herman Wallén, Helene Schneiderman, Salvatore Cordella, Rupert Huber, Anna Netrebko, and Carlo Rizzi

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Verdi: La traviata / Act I: "Si ridesta in ciel l'aurora"

Paul Gay, Herbert von Karajan, Giuseppe Verdi, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Rolando Villazón, Herman Wallén, Helene Schneiderman, Salvatore Cordella, Rupert Huber, Anna Netrebko, and Carlo Rizzi

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Verdi: La traviata / Act I: "Che è ciò?"

Paul Gay, Herbert von Karajan, Rolando Villazón, Giuseppe Verdi, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herman Wallén, Helene Schneiderman, Salvatore Cordella, Rupert Huber, Anna Netrebko, and Carlo Rizzi

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Verdi: La traviata / Act II: "Alfredo! Voi!"

Paul Gay, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Rolando Villazón, Giuseppe Verdi, Herman Wallén, Helene Schneiderman, Rupert Huber, Luigi Roni, Anna Netrebko, and Carlo Rizzi

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La Traviata │ Libiamo ne'lieti calici │ ACT I │ MULTISUB

Lucía Iglesias • 569 views

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“La Traviata” D. Korchak, K. Mkhitaryan. Act I “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” Gran Teatre Liceu 2020

cygankvao • 5.9K views

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Georges Bizet - Ivan IV : Mon père, qu'avez-vous (Acte I)

philippe mothiron • 614 views

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Verdi - La Traviata: “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici”

Classical Music - Peter Dimitrov • 556 views