Andrew Staples is a versatile British tenor, stage and film director, and photographer, whose work brings together music, visual storytelling, and a strong spirit of collaboration. As a distinguished concert and opera singer, he has worked with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Harding, Emmanuelle Haïm, Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and has performed with major orchestras including the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

On the opera stage

Staples has appeared on the world’s leading opera stages, including the Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Berliner Staatsoper, Teatro La Fenice, Salzburg Festival, Hamburg Staatsoper, La Monnaie Brussels, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. His roles include Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Narraboth in Salome, Florestan in Fidelio, Peter in Peter Grimes, and the title role in Idomeneo. Recent highlights include Beethoven’s Fidelio with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, and Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer.

A multifaceted musician

In the 2026/27 season, Staples performs with leading orchestras across Europe and the United States. Highlights include Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Orchestre de Paris and Daniel Harding, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Czech Philharmonic and Daniel Harding, Britten’s War Requiem with the Vienna Philharmonic under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Klaus Mäkelä. He will also perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, and Bach’s St John Passion with the Czech Philharmonic, for which he is creating a new staged production.

A vision beyond the voice

Alongside his singing career, Staples has established himself as a creative director and filmmaker, exploring new ways to connect classical music with contemporary audiences. His work includes music films and documentaries for artists and ensembles including VOCES8, the Monteverdi Choir, Gabrieli Roar, Arcangelo, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. His stage directing projects include Acis & Galatea, The Turn of the Screw, and Die Zauberflöte. In 2026, he directed a new production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas for stage and screen with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, filmed beneath the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.

His film collaborations have also received international recognition. His film of John Field’s Complete Nocturnes with pianist Alice Sara Ott won the 2025 OPUS KLASSIK Award for Audiovisual Music Production of the Year. Through his work across performance, film, theatre, and photography, Staples continues to develop innovative ways of telling stories and creating meaningful connections between artists, music, and audiences.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.