Career
At the Met De Paolis performed 51 different roles, primarily in the Italian and French repertoires, in a remarkable 1555 performances. In 1931, De Paolis created the role of Monsieur Le Beau in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari"s opera Louisiana vedova scaltra and that of Christian in Franco Alfano"s Cyrano de Bergerac in 1936. De Paolis also performed in a number of commercial opera recordings.
These include a famous 1959 Radio Corporation of America recording of Puccini"s Turandot with Birgit Nilsson and Jussi Björling in which he sings the role of the Emperor Altoum.
