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British opera singer
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Male
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Birth:
19 August 1979(London, Kingdom of Wessex, UK)
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Education:
Eton College
Eton, Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom
St Paul's Cathedral School
City of London, London, United Kingdom
The details
Biography
Introduction
Andrew Staples (born 19 August 1979) is an English operatic tenor.
Education and training
Staples started as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was accepted at Eton College under a musical scholarship.
Career
With The Royal Opera, Staples has sung Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Narraboth in Salome and Artabenes in Arne's Artaxerxes. He has also sung at opera houses in Salzburg, Hamburg, Brussels and Prague.
Repertoire
- Die Zauberflöte, Tamino
- Salome, Narraboth
- Artaxerxes, Artabenes