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Paul Reeves studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Rudolf Piernay. There then followed a year at the National Opera Studio sponsored by The Richard Lewis Award (Glyndebourne), The Sybil Tutton Trust and The John Wates Trust. His engagements have included Matthew in the World Première of The Last Supper (Birtwistle) at the Staatsoper Berlin, a production repeated at Glyndebourne and on the South Bank.

Other roles have included Zuniga Carmen with Tenerife Opera, Hobson Peter Grimes and Les Noces with Opera North, Dean Babette’s Feast in the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, Die Fiesque Maria di Rohan and Mr Gobineau The Medium with Wexford Festival Opera, Somnus Semele, Colline La bohème and Ceprano Rigoletto with English National Opera, PR Guy The Birds (Hughes), Roger Corboz The Shops and Mr Olsen Street Scene (Evening Standard Award 2008) with The Opera Group, Badger / Parson The Cunning Little Vixen with ETO, Opera Theatre Company, Dublin, and WNO. Publio La Clemenza di Tito and Colline La Bohème for Glyndebourne, Sarastro The Magic Flute and Colline La Bohème for British Youth Opera, Betto Gianni Schicch, Colline La bohème and Sparafucile Rigoletto with Diva Opera, Angelotti Tosca, Ribbing Un ballo in maschera for Opera Holland Park, Wurm Luisa Miller and Sparafucile Rigoletto for Opera Holland Park Clerk May Night with Garsington Opera, Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia for Welsh National Opera, Abimelech Samson et Dalila and Sparafucile Rigoletto for Anna Livia International Opera Festival, Dublin, The Sergeant The Pirates of Penzance for The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Gremin Eugene Onegin with Scottish Opera, The King Aida for Raymond Gubbay at The Royal Albert Hall, Dr Grenvil La traviata for Longborough Festival Opera and Mother The Seven Deadly Sins for the Royal Opera House, London.

He sings regularly in concert, including the World Première of The Water Diviner’s Tale (Rachel Portman) for the BBC Proms, 2007, Mozart Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Verdi Requiem at London’s Royal Albert Hall. His recordings include The Shops, now available on NMC CD.

Current operatic engagements include Zuniga Carmen for Opera Holland Park, Dikoy Katya Kabanova for Scottish Opera On Tou and Mr Olsen Street Scene for the Opéra de Toulon. Current concert engagements include Beethoven Choral Symphony for Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, a tour of the Bruckner and Mozart Requiems with the Israel Camerata and A Christmas Gala with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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