Paul McQuillan

Belfast-born baritone, Paul studied singing with the late Frank Capper, Judith Sheridan and Russell Smythe. He performed in the chorus for Opera Northern Ireland for La Traviata, La Bohème, Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute, Bartered Bride, and for Castleward Opera in La Traviata, La Belle Helene. Since 2018 he has been a member of NÍ Opera Chorus, performing in Rigoletto, Die Fledermaus, La Boheme, La Traviata. In early 2023, he sang in the premier performances of Neil Martin’s new Opera Nobody/Somebody.

He has performed as a concert soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Gounod’s Requiem. Paul is a member of the Belfast based chamber choir, Cappella Caeciliana and has recorded and performed with them throughout Ireland, Europe and America.

He has been a member of the NI Opera Chorus Development Programme since 2022.