Andrew Staples

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 conductors 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, Les Siècles, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, il Pomo D’Oro, 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). In 2022, 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. Last season he performed Beethoven’s Fidelio (Florestan) with Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel; and Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos (Bacchus) with Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer.

Anticipated Engagements

In the 2024/25 season, Andrew embarked on a European tour with three major orchestras. He performed Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos (Bacchus) with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with both the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony, conducted by Daniel Harding. Additionally, Andrew returned to Munich to perform Bach’s St. Matthew Passion under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle. Other highlights of the season include Mendelssohn’s Lobegesang with the Sinfonieorchester Basel and Ivor Bolton, Bruckner's Mass No. 3 with the Wiener Symphoniker and Lorenzo Viotti, as well as Bach’s Cantatas and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris conducted by Philipp von Steinaecker.