photo: Cora Beattie

Paul Featherstone is an experienced professional actor and operatic tenor. He studied Drama & Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and worked as an actor in Scotland. He studied singing with Peter Alexander Wilson in Glasgow & David Pollard in London and has performed in masterclasses with José Cura.

In addition to being a versatile stage performer, Paul has sung in many concerts – 3 Tenor recitals, Oratorios and Opera Galas  throughout the UK and abroad. He has worked with Scottish Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wexford Festival Opera,  The Opera Group, Theatre du Chatelet (Paris), Liceu (Barcelona), Theater an der Wien (Vienna), Salzburg Easter Festival, Opera North, Opera Holland Park, Grange Park Opera, Garsington Opera, Opera della luna, Buxton Festival, Philharmonia Orchestra, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Lost & Found Orchestra, the Young Vic, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre, Dundee Rep and English Pocket Opera Company amongst many others.

As a writer, his translation of Offenbach’s “Belle Lurette” was performed to widespread acclaim by New Sussex Opera in 2022.

Paul is a Spotlight Performer: