Biography

Nicholas Garrett studied at Trinity College of Music and is the recipient of a Wolfson Foundation Award.

Nicholas has sung Colline LA BOHEME for Scottish Opera Go Round; Sven VAUDEVILLIAN LOVE LIFE for Opera North; Commendatore/Masetto DON GIOVANNI for Pimlico Opera; Sparafucile/The Count of Monterone RIGOLETTO, Figaro LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and Nourabad PEARL FISHERS for English Touring Opera; Ben THE TELEPHONE for the Buxton Festival 1997; Sourin QUEEN OF SPADES for Scottish Opera and Jenkins OF THEE I SING for Opera North.

Nicholas Garrett''s concert work spans all the major oratorio roles, song recitals (including his Queen Elizabeth Hall debut in 1996 with SIX ROMANCES OP.62 by Shostakovich) and much contemporary music like Luciano Berio''s SINFONIA at the Boulez Festival in Tokyo 1995.

Other engagements have included Escamillo and Dancairo for Opera North''s new production of CARMEN (he has also recorded Zuniga in the same opera for Chandos), A Flemish Deputy in the Bastille''s new production of DON CARLO and Captain Gustl von Ploetz THE LAND OF SMILES in Penang. He has also sung the roles of Nikitich and Chernikovsky BORIS GODOUNOV for Opera de Nantes, a Gralsritter in Scottish Opera''s production of PARSIFAL and appeared as Pish Tush in Grange Park opera''s production of THE MIKADO.

He has sung Escamillo CARMEN and Basilio IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA for Opera Holland Park and roles in Alexander Goehr''s operas KANTAN and DAMASK DRUM for Almeida Opera. In 2001 Nicholas made his debut with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in performances of PALESTRINA.

He made his debut at English National Opera as Baron Douphol LA TRAVIATA, sang Lear THE VISION OF LEAR by Hoshio Tosokawa at the Linbury Theatre and also Fiorello IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA for the Opera National de Paris, Bastille. He appeared in the title role of DON GIOVANNI for Opera Holland Park in 2002 and went on to sing Angelotti TOSCA in David McVicar''s production for ENO.

In 2006 Nicholas created the roles of Federzoni/Sagredo in the world premiere of Michael Jarrell''s GALILÉE at the Grand Théatre de Genève, and sang Laurent in the European premiere of Tobias Picker''s THERESE RAQUIN at the Linbury Theatre of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 2007 he returned to the Royal Opera House mainstage for Pinellino GIANNI SCHICCHI and to the Linbury Theatre for Wolf/Cinderella''s Prince INTO THE WOODS.

In 2008 Nicholas has been involved with the 5:15 project for Scottish Opera and has sung Scarpia TOSCA for Opera Holland Park in a critically acclaimed production by Stephen Barlow. He has recently sung Escamillo in La Tragedie de CARMEN for English Touring Opera.

Nicholas also sang Scarpia for Opera Holland Park at their inaugural season at the Richmond theatre in March 2009.

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