Andrew Staples

{{Short description|English operatic tenor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Andrew Staples | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|8|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, United Kingdom | alma_mater = King's College, Cambridge | education = Eton College | years_active = | occupation = Operatic singer | spouse = |family = }} '''Andrew Staples''' (born 19 August 1979<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=alastairharding |author=Alastair Harding |number=1163575890934210562 |date=19 Aug 2019 |title=@AJRStaples Happy Birthday! }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/wBiICk2QmDg2DWpYyzMphR5upss/appointments |publisher=Companies House |title=Andrew STAPLES - Personal Appointments |access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>) 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Andrew Staples tenor|url=http://www.palestinemusicfestivals.org/Palestine%20Mozart%20Festival/Andrew%20Staples.html|website=Palestine Music Festival}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="AH">{{cite web|title=Andrew Staples|url=http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/singers/tenor/andrew-staples|work=askonasholt.co.uk|publisher=Askonas Holt|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Andrew Staples- Tenor|url=http://www.rodolfuschoir.co.uk/andrew-staples-tenor/|website=Rodulfus Choir}}</ref>

==Repertoire== * ''Die Zauberflöte'', Tamino * ''Salome'', Narraboth * ''Artaxerxes'', Artabenes

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