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DISCLAIMER: I do not own the music in any of these clips.

This great and amazing lyric baritone has a joyful, warm, and father-like tone that is perfect for Germont in Verdi's "La Traviata." He has very good technique and proper chest voice for both his low notes and his high notes. Please also listen to him sing Yeletsky's aria (Ya Vas Lyublyu).

From Wikipedia ([ Ссылка ] ):
"Lisitsian was born into an Armenian family living in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, where his father was a mineworker. Pavel first worked in diamond drilling, then as a welder apprentice hoping to follow his father's steps. He first began to sing in a church choir before moving to Leningrad to study cello (1930).

As a strong-voiced soloist of a local amateur group he was commissioned to the Leningrad Conservatory.

He started his vocal career in the Maly Leningrad State Opera Theatre and then in the Yerevan Opera House, where he performed the leads for three years.

From 1940 to 1966, Pavel Lisitsian was the soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre and performed parts of Yeletsky, Onegin, Mazepa, and Robert (in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin, Mazeppa, and Iolanta respectively), Germont and Amonasro (in Verdi's Traviata and Aida), Escamilo (in Bizet’s Carmen), Tatul (Spendiarov’s Almast), Arsaces II (Arshak II) (Chuhadzhyan's Arshak II), Napoleon (in Prokofiev's War and Peace), and others.

During a concert tour of the US in 1960, he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Amonasro. He died in Moscow at age 92.

His daughters Karina and Ruzanna are successful opera singers who frequently perform together. His grand daughter pianist Elena Lisitsian lives in New York City and his grandson Paul Asoyan lives in Encinitas, California."

The clip of Pavel Lisitsian singing "Di Provenza Il Mar" is from the great singer's official YouTube channel (in other words, his "Topic" channel) and the recording is owned by ℗ Preiser Records: [ Ссылка ]

The clip of Pavel Lisitsian singing "Ya Vas Lyublyu" is from the YouTube channel "GermanOperaSinger" : [ Ссылка ]

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