Andrew Staples

Andrew Staples sang as a chorister in St Paul’s Cathedral before winning a Choral Scholarship to King’s College Cambridge, where he gained a degree in Music. Andrew was the first recipient of the RCM Peter Pears Scholarship, sponsored by the Britten Pears Foundation, at the Royal College of Music and subsequently joined the Benjamin Britten International Opera School. He studies with Ryland Davies.

His concert engagements include Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri with the Swedish Radio and Daniel Harding, John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple in New York, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Strings and Horn with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Mozart’s Requiem with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra both conducted by Andrew Manze, the Gävle Symphony and Robin Ticciati, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding.

His concert plans include the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle. He made his Royal Opera House debut as Jacquino (Fidelio) and returned for First Armed Man (Die Zauberflöte). His opera engagements include his first Tamino for Opera Holland Park, Belfiore (La Finta Giardiniera) for the National Theatre in Prague and Narraboth (Salome) for the Royal Opera.

This year Andy will make his directorial debut with this production of the Marriage of Figaro in London, at the Wilton’s Music Halls. Following this the singers, players and sets will all make their way to Seillans for the performances at Place du Valat.