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The English tenor, Andrew Staples, was a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral before accepting a Music Scholarship to Eton College. In 1998 he won 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 at the Royal College of Music, London, where he studied with Ryland Davies. He holds the Ian Fleming Charitable Trust Music Education Award from the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund and enjoys the generous support of the Countess of Munster Trust and the Josephine Baker Trust.
On stage Andrew Staples has performed the roles of Ferrando in Così fan tutte (British Youth Opera), Schoolmaster in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera East Productions) and Aret in Haydn’s Philemon und Baucis for the 2003 Haydn Festival at Eisenstadt, Austria conducted by Trevor Pinnock. He performed the role of Haliate in the Royal College of Music/London Handel Festival production of George Frideric Handel’s Sosarme in conjunction with the London Handel Festival, conducted by Laurence Cummings, and
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Andrew Staples
English operatic tenor
Andrew Staples | |
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| Born | (1979-08-19) 19 August 1979 (age 45) London, United Kingdom |
| 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.
Education and training
Staples started as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was accepted at Eton College under a musical scholarship.[3]
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.[4][5]
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In the world of college football, few people cover the sport with the diligence, passion, and joy that Andy Staples does. Currently covering college football for The Athletic and SiriuxXM Radio, Staples has built a long and distinguished career in the media, providing one the most unique voices currently covering the game of football today.
You can trace that perspective and enthusiasm for the sport directly to his roots in the game. Growing up in the suburbs of Orlando, Florida, Staples got his start playing the game as a freshman in high school. After a rocky start, he soon found his footing and his love of the game grew by leaps and bounds.
“So, I was too fat to play as a younger kid,” said Staples with a laugh. “It’s weird though. I kinda stretched out as I got older. I was like 5’1” and 180 [pounds] in sixth grade and then like 6’3” and 185 [pounds] in tenth grade. I actually went out for the team my freshman year in high school, but practice was so hard. It was just push-ups and grass drills. I just walked off and s
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