Andrew Staples, born 19 August 1979 in London, is an English operatic tenor. He
began his musical training as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral before
attending Eton College on a music scholarship. Staples has established an
international career in opera, appearing with The Royal Opera and at leading
opera houses in Salzburg, Hamburg, Brussels, and Prague. His repertoire includes
Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Narraboth in Richard Strauss' Salome, and
Artabenes in Thomas Arne's Artaxerxes.