Paul Dufault

Paul Dufault
(Paul Du Faut)
1872-1930
Canadian Tenor

Studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet and studied music in Montreal with a Mr Birtz, later in Boston with a Mr Dobson, then in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a Mrs Petersen. He is also known to have studied with Hector Dupeyron of the Paris Opera and to have been active professionally by 1897. He sang with the Société symphonique de Québec (Quebec Symphony Orchestra) in 1903, when the program mentioned that he had been living in New York 'for many years,' making several concert and church appearances there. Barring the occasional oratorio appearance, his career was confined exclusively to the concert platform. He toured the world, including Australia , China, and Japan. During this period also, he toured Quebec nearly every year, concentrating on the smaller town. His programs, comprising exclusively French classical arias and French and English songs - notably by Botrel, Gounod, Goublier, and Tosti -.