Philip Sheffield

Philip Sheffield is a British opera singer tenor who has performed all over the world including Royal Opera, London, La Scala Milan and La Monnaie Brussels among others.

He was born in 1960 in Nairobi, was educated at Maidenhead Grammar school, Trinity College Cambridge and both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Before becoming an opera singer he was a member of The Swingle Singers and made recordings as a session and jazz singer, including being the polar bear in the best selling video of Raymond Briggs "The Bear" by Howard Blake

As an opera singer he is best known for his creation of slightly off the wall characters such as Terry Bond in Benedict Mason's opera "Playing Away", Fenton in "63 Dream Palace" by Hans Jurgen Von Bose and Alonso in "The Tempest" by Thomas Ades

He now sings mainly character repertoire which has taken him to such venues as the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, la Scala Milan, The Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam and Tokyo.

Other interests

Philip is also a qualified tennis coach and keen cyclist, skier and walker. He climbed Kilimanjaro in 2005 and has raised money for Oxfam and Mencap through sponsored activities. He is also Club captain of the thriving North London tennis club , Conway LTC .

He is married to coloratura-soprano Eileen Hulse, and has a daughter Lucy who is studied history at Durham University and is now a full time teacher of history and National League hockey player

External links

• The website operabase, which gives opera artists' schedules around the world: Philip Sheffield :: Schedule
• Agent: http://www.arien-artists.com/