Paula Jane Bradbury - Soprano
Welsh National Opera

Paula Jane Bradbury was born into a farming family in Saddleworth, Yorkshire and studied Dance & Drama at the Grange Arts Centre in Oldham. After initially not wanting to sing at all, she completely changed direction and went to the Royal Northern College of Music for voice training, where she won many of the available prizes, awards and scholarships.

Paula joined the chorus of the Welsh National Opera in 1992 but has been given solo roles, many of which have been either recorded, broadcast on radio, or televised.




Her repetoire is varied going as it goes from opera, oratorio, German Lieder and French Chanson to singing for Joe Calzaghe in the Super Middleweight Championship of the World at Cardiff International Arena, and also shown on Sky Sports and Showtime in America.

In 1993 Paula took a sabbatical in order to explore the greater range of her talents, which included wider based freelance opportunities, taking workshops in schools and presenting and appearing as soloist in concerts with the Orchestra of the WNO. She has now returned to the fold of the WNO, but the wider world still beckons. At present Paula is singing the role of 'Gretel' in Humperdink's opera "Hansel & Gretel" in a special WNO production for schools, alongside the main WNO tour. By the end of the run, some 2000 children will have worked with, and seen this opera.