Soloists
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Christòpheren Nomura |
Baritone Christòpheren Nomura has emerged at the forefront of the new generation of American singers. Since making his New York City début, he has performed on opera, concert and recital stages throughout the world. He is making his Music of the Baroque début in these performances.
A noted Mozartean, Mr. Nomura is known for his portrayals of Don Giovanni, Papageno in The Magic Flute, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro and Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte. He has sung Don Giovanni with the New Hampshire Music Festival and New York Chamber Symphony; Papageno with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Cosi fan tutte for Hawaii Opera, and the Count in Figaro for Opera Carolina. He has likewise had a strong association with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. He was Prince Yamadori in the 1995 SONY film of Butterfly co-directed by Martin Scorsese and Frédéric Mitterand, conducted by James Conlon. He sang Yamadori for his Boston Symphony debut under Seiji Ozawa and the Imperial Commissioner for his début with Dallas Opera, and he sang both of these roles for Cincinnati Opera.
Christòpheren Nomura has appeared with many of the prominent North American orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Vancouver Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Utah Symphony, Memphis Symphony and the Boston Pops. Conductors with whom he has worked include Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon, Sergiu Comissiona, Roger Norrington, Christopher Hogwood, Ton Koopman, Bruno Weil, Andrew Parrott and Martin Pearlman.
A noted Bach specialist, Christòpheren Nomura has been a frequent performer with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, the Carmel Bach Festival, Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Baroque and the Berkshire Choral Festival, and has also appeared with Apollo’s Fire, Tafelmusik and Philharmonia Baroque. His collaborations with such ensembles as the S’Kampa, Boromeo and St. Lawrence String Quartets and pianists Martin Katz, Dalton Baldwin, Charles Wadsworth, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and William Bolcom have brought him to leading American chamber music festivals in Santa Fe, Marlboro, Tanglewood, La Jolla, Spoleto, and New York's Lincoln Center.
Christòpheren Nomura’s discography includes recordings on the Sony, Dorian, Teldec, London, Denon, TDK and L’oiseau Lyre labels. His recording of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 on Telarc was nominated for a Grammy, His disc All Is Bright with Grant Llewellyn and the Handel and Haydn Society was released in December 2005, débuting on the Billboard classical charts at No. 8 and named Musicweb International’s Recording of the Month.
Mr. Nomura has been the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions including a four-year Fulbright Grant to study with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey and Gérard Souzay. He was winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions as well as the Naumburg, United States Information Agency Music Ambassadors and the Marilyn Horne Foundation competitions.