Soloists
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Christòpheren Nomura |
Christòpheren Nomura, who last appeared with Music of the Baroque in March 2008 as soloist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, has performed on opera, concert, and recital stages throughout the world. A noted Mozartean, Mr. Nomura is known for his portrayals of Don Giovanni, Papageno, the Count, and Guglielmo, and has performed these roles with the New Hampshire Music Festival, New York Chamber Symphony, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Hawaii Opera, and Opera Carolina. He is equally well known for Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, in which he appeared as Prince Yamadori in his Boston Symphony début under Seiji Ozawa and in the 1995 Sony Classical film co-directed by Martin Scorsese and Frédéric Mitterand and conducted by James Conlon; as the Imperial Commissioner for his début with Dallas Opera; and in both roles with Cincinnati Opera. He has also appeared with Skylight Opera of Milwaukee, El Paso Opera, Opera Idaho, Seattle Opera, and Lake George Opera in the works of Rossini and Donizetti.
Mr. Nomura has appeared with many prominent North American orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Vancouver Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and the Boston Pops. Conductors with whom he has worked include Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon, Sergiu Comissiona, Christof Perick, Roger Norrington, Christopher Hogwood, Ton Koopman, Bruno Weil, Andrew Parrott, and Nicholas McGegan.
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 & Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Baroque, and the Berkshire Choral Festival, and has also appeared with Apollo’s Fire and Tafelmusik. His collaborations with such ensembles as the S’Kampa, Boromeo, and St. Lawrence String Quartets and with pianists Martin Katz, Dalton Baldwin, Charles Wadsworth, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and William Bolcom have brought him to the leading American chamber music festivals in Santa Fe, Marlboro, Tanglewood, La Jolla, Spoleto, Music @ Menlo, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Mr. Nomura has given more than 250 recitals throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. He has appeared at Lincoln Center, the “Making Music” series at Carnegie Hall, the Bank of America Celebrity Series in Boston, the Rising Stars Series at Ravinia, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and the Vancouver Recital Society, frequently combining performances with in-depth residencies.
Christòpheren Nomura has recorded with Sony, Dorian, Teldec, London, Denon, TDK, and L’Oiseau Lyre; his Telarc recording of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 was nominated for a Grammy. His disc All Is Bright with Grant Llewellyn and Handel & Haydn Society, released in December 2005, débuted on the Billboard classical charts at No. 8 and was named Musicweb International's Recording of the Month.