Roger Paterson’s music training began at the Junior Academy of Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) and continued at the University of Glasgow where he gained an honours degree in Musicology in 2007. He has since studied with Paul Farrington and Tim Richards.

Roger has worked as a professional opera singer since May 2015 and on the operatic stage, he has performed quite a few roles now, including:-

• Nemorino, L'elisir d'amore, (Heritage Opera & Opera Bauge 2024)
• Rodolfo, La Boheme, (Tour with Amick Productions 2023)
• Eumete and Telemaco (cover), The Return of Ulysses, (Longborough Festival Opera 2021)
• Pierre, The Wandering Scholar, (Northern Opera Group 2021)
• Count Almaviva, Il Barbiere de Seville, (Opera Brava 2022)
• Giuseppe (and cover of Gaston), La Traviata, (Longborough Festival Opera 2018)
• Rodolfo, La Bohème, (OLIVIER nominated, The Trafalgar Theatre / London 2017)

In 2020 he performed the roles of Cavaradossi in Opera Undone’s version of Puccini’s Tosca, and Rodolfo and Mimi in Opera Undone’s new gay version of Puccini’s La Boheme in London’s Westend theatre, The Trafalgar Theatre. However, his work with Welsh National Opera for the first time in 2020 covering the 1st Japanese Emissary in Stravinsky’s The Nightingale, was cancelled due to the coronavirus.

As theatres started to open in 2021 Roger performed the lead tenor role of Count Almaviva in Opera Brava’s tour of Rossini’s, The Barber of Seville, and the lead tenor role of Pierre with Northern Opera Group in Holst’s, The Wandering Scholar and performed the lead tenor role of Ernesto in Donizetti’s, Don Pasquale, with Opera Novella in collaboration with Birmingham Music Conservatoire. He also covered the roles of Emeute and Telemaco in Longborough Festival Opera’s production of The Return of Ulysses.

In 2022, Roger worked with Opera Bohemia, performing the role of Basilio in their production of Mozart’s, ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ and started working as a Classical Guest Artist on cruise ships. He toured with Amick Productions in 2023, playing the role of Rodolfo in their production of La Boheme. In 2024, he performed the role of Nemorino in two different productions of, L'elisir d'amore: Heritage Opera production and Opera Baugé production.

Now in 2025, Roger is an established classical guest artist working regularly with cruise ship companies, Fred Olson, P&O, Cunard and Silversea. He will perform the role of the Innkeeper, in Opera Baugé's production of Der Rosenkavalier this summer and he has concerts in Europe this summer, autumn and winter.

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