- Dialogues des Carmélites – Second Commissioner
- Die Meistersinger – Hans Schwarz
Paul Sheehan (Second Commissioner) trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, having sung in Exeter Cathedral Choir, and now studies with Robert Dean and is delighted to make his second, although actually his first planned, appearance with Saffron Opera Group!
He is a member of the chorus of English National Opera, where he has also performed a range of roles, including Benoit (La bohème), Antonio (The Marriage of Figaro), Second Yeoman/Citizen (The Yeomen of the Guard) and Bogdanovitch (The Merry Widow), and created roles in two world premières.
Most recently Paul performed as The Boatswain (HMS Pinafore) and Samuel (The Pirates of Penzance) with the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company as part of the International G&S Festival in Buxton, and elsewhere he has appeared with Opéra de Lyon, West Green Opera, Glyndebourne, Garsington, Grange Park Opera, and in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Sinfonia Smith Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields, The Fairfield Halls and Exeter Cathedral amongst others, in engagements ranging from Bach’s St Matthew Passion to Tippett’s A Child Of Our Time. In addition, he has co-devised and performed programmes celebrating the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter and most recently Noël Coward, touring these nationwide at festivals including Thaxted, Lichfield, Cowbridge and Hexham Abbey.