Biography:

Ray Gabbard was born in Idaho, where he also graduated from college. After graduating from Arizona State University he took over severakl roles in opera. He has sung Fenton in Falstaff, Prince ORlofsky in Die Fledermaus and Ernesto in Don Pasquale.

He is no strange to musical theater either. In the US he plaued Matt in The Fantasticks and Frederick in The Pirates of Penzence.

By performing the role of Raoul in Das Phantom der Oper (Hamburg) he is making his European debut.

News Clip:

Excerpt from City Lights, The Salt Lake Tribune's Online Entertainment magazine (Thursday, July 8, 1999).

"However, on Tuesday Raoul was played by understudy Ray Gabbard. It was no problem. Gabbard isn't as tall as Adams, but his Vicomte de Chagny is every bit as brave and lovesick. His clear-voiced singing paired nicely with that of Megan Starr-Levitt as Christine -- in another, less tortured romance, they would be called 'a cute couple.'"