Henri Pauliat

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A trained lawyer, Henri Pauliat simultaneously pursued vocal studies at the Limoges Conservatory, where he was awarded the prize for lyrical art with a unanimous decision in 2013.

Since 2011, he has been a member of the Opéra de Limoges company, performing roles such as Milord in “Fra Diavolo” (2013), the Shoemaker and the Notary in “L’Affaire Tailleferre” (2014), Toinet in “Un de la Canebière” (2015), and Ferdinand in “Quatre jours à Paris” (2016). He also performed the role of Borsa in a production of “Rigoletto” with the "Figaro Si, Figaro Là" company in 2013.

In addition to the classical repertoire, he is passionate about musical theatre and, in 2014, co-founded "Quartet," a vocal group featuring jazz, gospel, and barbershop styles.

His repertoire quickly came to include the following roles:

OPERA:

• Milord in Auber’s “Fra Diavolo”
• The Bootmaker and the Notary in operas by Germaine Tailleferre
• The Dean in Massenet’s “Cendrillon”
• Borsa in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” and Gaston in “La Traviata”

 

ORATORIO:

• Azaël in Debussy’s “L’Enfant prodigue”
• The Narrator in Berlioz’s “L’Enfance du Christ”

 

MUSICAL THEATRE / OPERETTA:

• Gardefeu in Offenbach’s “La Vie parisienne”
• Bluebeard in Offenbach’s “Barbe-Bleue”
• Piquillo in Offenbach’s “La Périchole”
• Lérida in Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow”
• Iwan in Franz Lehár’s “Der Zarewitsch”
• Toinet in Vincent Scotto’s “Un de la Canebière”
• Ferdinand in Francis Lopez’s “Quatre jours à Paris”
• André Saint Assises in “J’adore ça” by Henri Christiné
• Evariste in “Là-haut” by Maurice Yvain

 

   

 

 

Video clips

Tout tourne chez Offenbach – excerpts
Based on the “opéra bouffe” "La Vie parisienne" by Jacques Offenbach
Vocalists: Nathalie Marcillac, Henri Pauliat, Dominique Desmont
Pianist: Jacqueline Bensimhon