Person Open DS/UK/16009 Sheffield; Philip (1960-); British tenor Sheffield Philip 1960- British tenor Male

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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 5/6/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 0d7785d4-bd24-4c64-a809-88f5f15649f6