Jamaican-born Canadian spinto tenor Paul Williamson has appeared with Opera York (Toronto), singing Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore in November 2013, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in November 2014. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall as tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the New York Festival Orchestra in December 2013 and again appeared at Carnegie Hall in March 2014 as tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia. In March 2017, he appeared as Beppe in an independently staged production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

In May 2017, he appeared as the Scrivener in Khovanshchina by Mussorsky with Opera In Concert, and in March 2018, he debuted at the Southern Ontario Lyric Opera (SOLO) as Rinuccio in their production of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Paul recently performed the role of Aegisthe in the Strauß opera Elektra with Powerhouse Opera, a small independent opera company in Toronto, in March 2022.

In March, 2022, Paul sang the role of Aegisthe in the opera, Elektra by Strauß with an independent opera company called Powerhouse Opera, directed by Jeannette Aster. In August, 2022, Paul played the role of Charles Thompson, in the opera, The Bells of Baddeck, by Dean Burry, and libretto by Lorna MacDonald. In February 2023, Paul played the role of Monsieur in the opera La Flambeau, by David Bontemps, and in March, the role of Yaakaar in the opera Of the Sea, by Ian Cusson, a collaborative production by Tapestry Opera and Obsidian Theatre. In May, 2023, he reprised his role of Ferrando in Opera Nova Scotia’s production on Così Fan Tutte, directed by the (now) late Dr. Walter Kemp In April, 2023, Paul performed as tenor soloist with the North Carolina Master Chorale and the NC Symphony Orchestra in the Requiem Mass by Verdi. He performed it again as tenor soloist with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra in November, 2023.  More