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Paul Kalisch (6 November 1855 – 27 January 1946) was a German opera singer (tenor). He was the son of David Kalisch, a Jewish Christians writer, founder of the Kladderadatsch.
He stayed a short time in Germany, and then together with Lilli Lehmann – whom he later married in New York on 24 February 1888 – went to London, where he sang in Tristan und Isolde at Her Majesty's Theatre. From England Kalisch went to the United States, where he spent six winter seasons: four seasons at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, while for two seasons he toured the country together with Anton Seidl, singing in many of Wagner's operas. Upon his return to Europe he again toured Germany, and also sang at Vienna, Budapest, Paris, and London; but he achieved his greatest success at the Wiesbadener Festspiele, where he sang before the royal family. He was made Kammersänger by Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg. Kalisch's most successful rôles were Jean de Leyde, La Juive, Otello, Siegmund, Siegfried, Tannhäuser, and Tristan. Kalisch again appeared in Tristan and Isolde at Paris and Cologne in 1901.
He died in Sankt Lorenz, Upper Austria on 27 January 1946.
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