Researching Paul Appleby
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4891 people with the Appleby surname? In that year Appleby was ranked number 869 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Paul means "small" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Paul Appleby on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paul Appleby and the Appleby Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 7206 people with the Appleby surname in the UK? Appleby is now ranked number 828 for popularity in the UK. |
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Appleby surname in the USA? Appleby is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Paul Appleby
Paul Appleby (tenor)
Paul Appleby (born June 29, 1983) is an American operatic tenor. In 2009 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. In November 2015 he made his debut at the San Francisco Opera as Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute. In December 2015 he was the tenor soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in January 2016 he performed Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. He sang Belmonte again at the Metropolitan Opera in May 2016.
Appleby is a graduate of Saint Joseph High School, in South Bend, Indiana, and the University of Notre Dame.
Appleby graduated from the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and received the 2012 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts.
Source: Paul Appleby (tenor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Appleby
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