Andrew Staples stands as a versatile artist of our era. He combines a busy schedule as an opera and concert singer with a career as a film and stage director and photographer. To all his creative output, Andrew brings a collaborative approach and a passion to tell better stories that build connections between artists and audiences.

A multifaceted musician
As a distinguished tenor, he has collaborated with such as Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding,Emmanuelle Haïm, Elim Chan, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Andrew Davis, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, with renowned orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, among others.

On the opera stage
Staples made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Fidelio (Jacquino), returning for Capriccio (Flamand), Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Katya Kabanova (Tichon) and Salome (Narraboth). Last year he made his debut with Britten’s Peter Grimes (Peter) at the Teatro La Fenice and his Berliner Staatsoper debut with the title role in Mozart’s Idomeneo. Staples has sung at the Metropolitan Opera, the National Theatre Prague, La Monnaie Brussels, the Salzburger Festspiele, Hamburg Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, the Lucerne Festival, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Anticipated Engagements
In the 2023/24 season Andrew will work with Orchestre de Paris, Gürzenich Orchester, San Francisco Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Stavanger Symphony and Valencia Orchestra. In spring 2024, he will tour some of Europe’s most prestigious venues with Les Siècles conducted by Francois-Xavier Roth performing and recording Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. He will be part of multiple opera-in-concert series for Mozart’s Idomeneo (title role) with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, Beethoven’s Fidelio (Florestan) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel and Strauss’ Ariadne (Bacchus) with the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Ivan Fischer.

A vision beyond the voice
Andrew’s creative output extends beyond singing. He is critically acclaimed as a film and stage director and photographer. With a passion for weaving art, music, and digital realms, his projects encapsulate the beauty of classical music and broader arts. His recent output includes directing music films for Voces8, the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Platoon (Apple) and Arcangelo. He has made documentary music films for Gabrieli Roar and the Phoenix Chorale. He directed a special performance of Stravinsky’s Firebird for Air France in an aircraft hangar in Charles de Gaulle airport in collaboration with Arte, Daniel Harding and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. During lockdown he directed a for-screen live performance of Don Giovanni from Berwaldhallen in Stockholm. Upcoming plans include Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with Alice Sara OF for DG Stage+ and a film of The Planets for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.