Paul Gaugler trained in opera singing in Strasbourg and graduated at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Having perfected his skills with Ludovic Tézier, Viorica Cortez, Christian Tréguier, and at academies of Royaumont and Ambronay, his talents were recognized when he won prizes at the Armel Opera and Vincenzo Bellini competitions.

Paul Gaugler is a member of the Alsace Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts.

His "impressive means, his solid technique, his percussive high notes and his dramatic commitment" (Opéra Magazine) opened up roles such as Don José in Carmen (Lviv Opera; Amphithéâtre Opéra de Paris / Voix des Outre-Mer; China tour with the Musiciens Hors les Murs de l'Opéra de Paris...), Radamès in Aïda and Pollione in Norma (Chisinau Opera), the title role Dante (Opéra de Saint-Étienne), Boris in Katia Kabanova, Grand Prix du Syndicat de la Critique (Bouffes du Nord, Paris and tour), the title role Werther and Lensky in Eugene Onegin (Rencontres musicales du Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil), the title role in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Théâtre de Saint-Dizier), Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos (Royaumont). He plays the title role of Le pauvre Matelot and the hero of The Diary of the One who disappeared, with the national company ARCAL. He covers Faust in La Damnation de Faust (Glyndebourne Festival).

Among his previous roles: Duca di Mantova, Rigoletto (Pilsen Opera, Szeged Opera), Alfredo, La Traviata (Les Pierres lyriques Festival), the title role in Gounod's Faust (Poznan Opera), Harlekin, Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Grand Théâtre d'Aix-en-Provence); Tamino, The Magic Flute (Palais des Festivals de Cannes), Octavio, L'Europe galante (Festival d’Ambronay, Opéras de Vichy, Besançon, San Sebastián), The Schoolmaster, The Cunning Little Vixen (ARCAL, Opéras de Reims, Besançon, Massy…), Erster Jude, Salome (Opéra de Metz), Heinrich the Schreiber, Tannhäuser (Opéra de Rouen), Brabantischer Edler, Lohengrin (Opéra de Montpellier), Ganiet, The Demon, Prix Claude Rostand and Junger Diener, Elektra (Opéra de Bordeaux)…

He created the roles of Victor in Guru by Laurent Petitgirard (Szczecin Opera), Selim and Charles in Les Sacrifiées by Thierry Pécou (ARCAL, Opéras de Rouen, Massy, Reims…), the Tenor of Earth Home, création by Wang Ning at UNESCO, Paris. We find him in the soundtrack of the film Tenor.

In concert, he sings Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Opéra de Saint-Etienne), Rossini’s La Petite Messe solennelle (Münchner Symphoniker/Cathédrale des Invalides); Dvorak's Requiem (Lviv National Philharmonic), Stravinsky's Threni (Klangforum Wien/Amphitheatre Opéra de Paris). He performs in recitals and galas (Institut de France, Bordeaux National Opera, Victoria Memorial Calcutta, Shanghai Symphony Hall)...

Professional collaborations: Paul Gaugler has worked with conductors Gaspard Brécourt, Sylvain Cambreling, Ivan Cherednichenko, William Christie, Paul Daniel, Nicolae Dohotaru, Pierre Dumoussaud, Samuel Jean, Nicolas Krauze, Lucie Leguay, Mihhail Gerts, David Molard-Soriano, Laurent Petitgirard, Rudolf Piehlmayer, David Reiland, Jean-Philippe Sarcos, Michael Schønwandt, Paul-Emmanuel Thomas, Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer... and with directors Róbert Alföldi, Nicola Berloffa, Dmitry Bertman, Alain Bézu, David Bobée, André Engel, Christian Gangneron, Alain Garichot, Constance-Clara Guibert, Joël Lauwers, Louise Moaty, Jean-Romain Vesperini, Justin Way…

Paul is regularly involved in humanitarian concerts (Artists in Action; support for Ukraine; CALMS-Les Voix Solidaires; Council of Europe; UNESCO…).