Nicholas Nelson - Commissioner

Bass Baritone

Previously at Portland Opera: Soloist in the Big Night Concert (2011), Don Inigo Gomez in L’Heure Espagnole (2011), Armchair/Tree in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (2011), Mandarin in Turandot (2011)

Returning Studio Artist, bass baritone Nicholas Nelson delighted audiences as Don Inigo Gomez in L’Heure Espagnole (2011).  He also sang Armchair/Tree in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and Mandarin in Turandot (2011).  Originally from Winthrop, Minnesota, Nelson attended the University of Minnesota as a student of Glenda Maurice. During his study, he performed the roles of Colline in La Bohème, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Seneca in L'incoronazione di Poppea. He has twice won first place in the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition and has appeared in recital several times for the organization. In 2007, Nelson won First Prize at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in the Minnesota District. This season he will sing Commissioner in Madame Butterfly and Pope Urban in Galileo Galilei.