Soloists
Nicholas Phan
TENOR
Tenor Nicholas Phan has appeared frequently with Music of the Baroque, most recently in the ensemble’s March 2009 “Handel and the Royals” concerts. Recent operatic highlights include his débuts at Glyndebourne Opera as Fenton in Falstaff, in Dusseldorf and at Opéra de Lille as Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri, and at the Ravinia Festival as Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Other notable roles have included a return to Atlanta Opera as Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Damon in Acis and Galatea with New York City Opera, L’Incoronazione di Poppea with Los Angeles Opera, Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in patria with Chicago Opera Theater, Lindoro with Arizona Opera, I Pagliacci with Atlanta Opera, and Don Polidoro in a new production of La Finta semplice directed by Christoph Loy at the Frankfurt Opera.
A graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Nicholas Phan appeared in many productions there including the world premieres of Daniel Catan’s Salsipuedes and Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata, and productions of Madama Butterfly, Falstaff, The Little Prince, Turandot, La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Ariodante, and Die Zauberflöte. He made his professional operatic debut with Glimmerglass Opera as a member of their Young American Artist Program, where his roles included Beppe in I Pagliacci and Licone in James Robinson’s production of Orlando Paladino. He was also a member of the Wolf Trap Opera, where his roles included Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Nemorino in L’Elisir d’amore. While there, he also appeared in recital with Steven Blier.
Active on the concert stage, Nicholas Phan recently made his Edinburgh Festival début in a concert performance of Macbeth conducted by David Robertson. He has appeared with many of the leading orchestras in the United States, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, San Diego Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He has also appeared at the Ravinia, Rheingau and Marlboro music festivals. Mr. Phan recently made his Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) début in a performance of a new piece commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. In recital, he has been presented by the prestigious Marilyn Horne Foundation in their annual “On Wings of Song” series, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Chicago.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Nicholas Phan also studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival and School, and was the recipient of a 2006 Sullivan Foundation Award and 2004 Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.
