 He gave 1,725 performances between 1888 and 1942, and interpreted Verdi's "Otello" 575 times.To his credit, Paoli was also the first opera singer in the world to record an entire opera; he was part of a recorded performance of "Pagliacci" by Ruggiero Leoncavallo in Italy in 1907.As early as 1904, Paoli was awarded The Cross of St. Mauricio medal by the Czar of Russia Nicholas II, and María Cristina de Habsburgo, Queen of Spain, declared Paoli "Cantante de Cámara de la Corte" (Chamber Singer of the Court) and gave him "La Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica" (The Cross of Isabella the Catholic), while Carlos de Braganza, Prince of Portugal, named him "Caballero Comendador del Cristo de Portugal y Cantante de Cámara".