Head and shoulders portrait of Paul Sheehan

Paul Sheehan

Bass-baritone

Paul Sheehan graduated in music from Exeter University and was a choral scholar in Exeter Cathedral Choir before going on to train at the GSMD and now studies with Robert Dean. He became a permanent member of the ENO Chorus in 2012.

Previously for ENO: Bogdanowitsch The Merry Widow, The Coroner Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, Policeman La bohème, Jen Jensen/Quartet of the Defeated/Lumberjack Paul BunyanAntonio The Marriage of Figaro, Foreman Trial by Jury, Shepherd Thebans, sung Army Surgeon The Force of Destiny, Messenger La traviata and Usher Rigoletto

Career Highlights

Notable engagements elsewhere: Ceprano (Grange Park Opera), Peter St Matthew Passion (Glyndebourne), Don Alfonso (Glyndebourne on Tour), Escamillo, Father Hansel and Gretel, Sid Albert Herring, Mozart’s Figaro, Ko-Ko The Mikado and Henry Higgins My Fair Lady. Previously he has sung as a chorus member with Glyndebourne, Garsington Opera and Raymond Gubbay, and his oratorio engagements encompass Handel’s Messiah to Tippett’s A Child of Our Time.

Last updated: 3rd July 2023