The tenor Alfredo Gazul (1844–1908) was born in Lisbon into a family of musicians well established in the musical milieu, within which he began his studies at the age of seven.1 He studied at the Conservatory and began his vocal training with his older brother, José Carlos Gazul, later moving to Milan in 1871, supported by private funding, to further his studies with Giovanni Corsi.
He made his debut at the Teatro Comunale in Vigevano in 1872, in the opera Lucrezia Borgia, followed by other successful appearances in Turin and Milan (at the Teatro Manzoni), in L’elisir d’amore. He also performed in other Italian, Austrian and Spanish theatres, as well as in Lisbon.2
His career was interrupted for health reasons, which led him to settle in the Portuguese capital as a singing teacher. Other, lesser-known aspects of his musical activity include his dedication to the violin (notably within a chamber music society that gave concerts between 1888 and 1896) and to composition, leaving an opera in three acts, Lelia, as well as some sacred and orchestral music.3
