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“Her lush soprano replete with changing colours and textures, she seems to have achieved a visceral embodiment of the acute anguish at the work’s core.” – Opera Magazine’s review of Paula’s newly released CD of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and Fiançaille pour rire.

Upcoming performances include Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow with Scottish Opera, in a joint production with Opera Holland Park, and Beethoven’s 9th symphony at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Paula recently sangCunegonde in Bernstein’s Candide for Scottish Opera to great critical acclaim: “Paula Sides’ slinky Cunegonde, whose set piece Glitter and Be Gay is a tour do force” (Guardian) “An upper register like sequins” (Spectator).

Paula was awarded the Tagor Gold Medal from the Royal College of Music, and was the winner of the Karavoitis Prize in the Les Azureal International Competition.

Roles include Tsaritsa of Shemakha Golden Cockerel, Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Lucrezia Lucrezia Borgia & Mimi La Bohème with English Touring Opera. Donna Anna with Longborough Festival Opera, Giulietta in Verdi’s Un Giorno di Regno and the title role in Massenet’s Thais with Chelsea Opera Group. Other roles include Tosca Tosca, Mimi La Boheme, Lauretta Gianni Schicchi, Eleonora L’Assedio di Calai, Gilda Rigoletto, Poppea Aggripina, Calisto La Calisto & Eurydice Orphée et Eurydice.​

"Paula Sides sings the socks off “Glitter and be gay”" Candide review from the Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen

"Paula Sides is exceptional as his Cunegonde, her incisive, brilliant soprano fearlessly revealing a fragile, frivolous princess who is plunged into horror of war, discovering a ruthless determination to live (but risking her soul) on the way."  Bachtrack, Charlotte Valori

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Reviews

"Paula Sides sings the socks off “Glitter and be gay”" Candide review from the Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen

"Paula Sides is exceptional as his Cunegonde, her incisive, brilliant soprano fearlessly revealing a fragile, frivolous princess who is plunged into horror of war, discovering a ruthless determination to live (but risking her soul) on the way."  Bachtrack, Charlotte Valori

"Paula Sides’s Floria Tosca... a performance of really compelling intensity. This is a woman who’s been wound up to breaking-point: Sides transforms in the flash of an eye from jealous spitfire to clingy young sweetheart, and her voice has a fierce, focused intensity that can snap, whip-like, from tremulous fragility to searchlight brilliance. She colours each word. Simultaneously girlishly impulsive and effortlessly sensuous, in her final scenes with Cavaradossi she was wide-eyed with euphoria: a woman who might perfectly credibly jump off a battlement." The Arts Desk 

"Paula Sides was luminescent as Tosca....Paula Sides’ delicate and nuanced performance and dynamic, dramatic voice are a privilege to see and hear. The aria in Act II “Vissi d’arte” (“I lived for art”). where she asks God why this is happening to her had the audience spellbound and at her feet." The Hunts Post 

"Paula Sides’ Tosca is delivered with liquid tone and a keen sense of textual and vocal expression." The Guardian 

"Sides is a stunning vocal talent, combining her impressive acting ability with a vocal range and clarity that elevate her iconic arias to almost Shakespearean levels of character- defining excellence." The Reviews Hub 2017 Tosca ETO