Guy Chauvet was born in Montluçon, France on 2/10/1933. His voice was of a “heroic” tonor, expanding over three octaves. He discovered his vocal abilities at the age of 16. In 1954 he was the youngest tenor contestant and one of the five winners of a competition in Cannes. Chauvet made his professional debut in 1959, at the Palais Garnier Opera in Paris as Man in Armour in Die Zauberflöte [The magic flute]. Initially he took comprimario parts in operas such as Aida (alongside Renata Tebaldi and Rita Gorr) and Samson et Dalila (alongside Mario del Monaco). In 1959, Chauvet became the youngest leading tenor interpreting Faust in La damnation de Faust. He worked, among others, with Régine Crespin, Fiorenza Cossotto, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne (Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1977), Gabriel Bacquier, Jon Vickers and Placido Domingo. Chauvet is the only French tenor to have sung Aida (as Radames) in the Verona Arena, alongside Carlo Bergonzi (1/8/1971), as part of the city’s centenary celebrations. His international career expanded to Europe and the US, and became particularly well-known for such roles as: Aeneas [Les Troyens] - a role he sang for 20 years, Samson [Samson et Dalida], John [Hérodiade], Calàf [Turandot], the title roles in Othello, Lohengrin and Parsifal and Siegmund [Die Walküre]. He sang mainly Italian and French repertoire, as well as lesser known operas. He died on 25/3/2007. He has recorded a significant number of records. Chauvet appeared twice in GNO productions at the Odeon Herod Atticus as part of the Athens Festival: in 1974-75, as Faust in La damnation de Faust, and from 1976 to 1977, as Don José in Carmen.