Andrew Staples | |
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Born | London, United Kingdom | 19 August 1979
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Operatic singer |
Andrew Staples (born 19 August 1979 [1] [2] ) is an English operatic tenor.
Staples started as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was accepted at Eton College under a musical scholarship. [3]
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. [4] [5]
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