American Nicholas Phan continues to distinguish himself as one of the most compelling young tenors appearing on the prestigious concert and opera stages of the world.
This season, Mr. Phan appeared as Luricano in
Ariodante on tour with Alan Curtis and his acclaimed orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco, in Bucharest, Turin, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Vienna, and performed with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic (Hollywood Bowl), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony, and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra and Violons du Roy in Carnegie Hall. He also returned to the Atlanta Opera as Don Ottavio in
Don Giovanni, and appeared in recital in the prestigious Philadelphia Chamber Music Society series. This summer he returns to the Hollywood Bowl for a performance of
Carmina Burana, and next season he appears in concert with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and returns to the Portland Opera as Fenton in
Falstaff. ...
read full bioAmerican Nicholas Phan continues to distinguish himself as one of the most compelling young tenors appearing on the prestigious concert and opera stages of the world.
This season, Mr. Phan appeared as Luricano in
Ariodante on tour with Alan Curtis and his acclaimed orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco, in Bucharest, Turin, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Vienna, and performed with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic (Hollywood Bowl), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony, and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra and Violons du Roy in Carnegie Hall. He also returned to the Atlanta Opera as Don Ottavio in
Don Giovanni, and appeared in recital in the prestigious Philadelphia Chamber Music Society series. This summer he returns to the Hollywood Bowl for a performance of
Carmina Burana, and next season he appears in concert with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and returns to the Portland Opera as Fenton in
Falstaff.
Mr. Phan has appeared with many of the leading orchestras in the United States and Great Britain, including the BBC Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also appeared with the Edinburgh, Ravinia, Rheingau, Saint-Denis, Bard and Marlboro music festivals, and at the BBC Proms. Among the conductors he has worked with are Harry Bicket, Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Jane Glover, Manfred Honeck, Nicholas McGegan, Zubin Mehta, John Nelson, Helmuth Rilling, David Robertson, Patrick Summers, and Michael Tilson Thomas. In recital, he has been presented by Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Chicago.
An avid proponent of vocal chamber music, he has collaborated with pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode, Cecile Licad, and Principal Horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Jennifer Montone, among others. He is also the Artistic Director of the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, a Chicago-based organization devoted to promoting the teaching, performance, and development of the vocal chamber music repertoire.
Also considered one of the rising young stars of the opera world, Mr. Phan recently made his debut with the Seattle Opera as Count Almaviva in
Il barbiere di Siviglia. Other recent opera performances have included his debuts at the Glyndebourne Opera and the Maggio Musicale in Florence, as well as appearances with the New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Chicago Opera Theater, Opéra de Lille, and Frankfurt Opera. His growing repertoire includes the title roles in
Acis and Galatea and
Candide, Nemorino in
L’elisir d’amore, Fenton in
Falstaff, Tamino in
Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio in
Don Giovanni, Don Polidoro in
La finta semplice, and Lurcanio in
Ariodante.
Mr. Phan’s first solo album,
Winter Words, was released in the fall of 2011 by AVIE. His growing discography includes the Grammy-nominated recording of Stravinksy’s
Pulcinella with Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO Resound) and the world premiere recording of Evan Chambers’ orchestral song cycle,
The Old Burying Ground (Dorian).
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Mr. Phan also studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music Festival and School, and is an alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio and the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program. He was the recipient of a 2006 Sullivan Foundation Award and 2004 Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.
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Audio Clips from Winter Words. Nicholas Phan, tenor; Myra Huang, piano. Avie Records.
