Paul Appleby

Admired for his interpretive depth, vocal strength, and range of expressivity, tenor Paul Appleby is one of the most sought-after voices of his generation. He graces the stages of the world’s most distinguished concert halls and opera houses, and collaborates with leading orchestras, instrumentalists, and conductors.

Appleby’s concert calendar for the 2024-25 season includes the title role of Berlioz’ La damnation de Faust with Hannu Lintu leading the Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir, Haydn’s The Creation with Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque, concert performances of Puccini’s La Rondine with Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra, John Corigliano’s captivating Poem in October inspired by a rich and imaginative poem by Dylan Thomas with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Evangelist in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion with Kent Tritle at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He returns to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for the company premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra, reprising the role of Caesar which was written for him, in a staging by groundbreaking director Elkhanah Pulitzer.

In the 2023-24 season Appleby made his debuts at La Monnaie in the world premiere of Cassandra, written by Bernard Foccroulle and Matthew Jocelyn under the baton of Kazushi Ono; and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the European premiere of Antony and Cleopatra. He returned to Glyndebourne singing Tamino in Die Zauberflöte led by Constantin Trinks in a production by Barbe & Doucet. Stravinsky featured prominently in his concert schedule with performances of Les Noces led by Esa-Pekka Salonen both with the San Francisco Symphony and Orchestre de Paris, Pulcinella with Gustavo Gimeno and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and in the title role of Œdipus Rex with Santtu-Matias Rouvali leading the Munich Philharmonic. He also sang the Evangelist in Schmidt’s seldom-heard oratorio Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln with Fabio Luisi leading the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Appleby is a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company and is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. A recipient of an artist diploma in opera studies at Juilliard, he also earned a master’s degree from Juilliard and a bachelor’s degree in english literature and music from the University of Notre Dame.