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Born Cookeville, Tennessee.
American soprano.
Paula Sides graduated in music from Columbus State University. Subsequently, she studied in London on the opera course at RCM.
Her operatic roles with ETO include several by Mozart (Susanna, Despina, Pamina) and Handel (Poppea in Agrippina, Atalanta in Xerxes, Clizia in Teseo, Emilia in Flavio). Other parts with ETO include Donizetti (Eleonora The Siege of Calais); Puccini (Tosca, Lauretta) and Ullmann (Bubikopf The Emperor of Atlantis).
She first joined Scottish Opera for their production of Candide., returning for the title role in The Merry Widow.
Roles in Scotland
- Pamina daughter of the Queen of Night
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Zauberflöte 2009
- Susanna the Countess's maid
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Nozze di Figaro 2010
- Lauretta Schicchi's daughter, aged twenty-one
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Gianni Schicchi 2011
- Eleonora Aurelio's wife
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Assedio di Calais 2013
- Despina maidservant to the sisters
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Così fan tutte 2013
- Floria Tosca a famous singer
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Tosca 2017
- Cunégonde
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Candide 2022
- Hanna Glawari a wealthy young widow
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Lustige Witwe 2025