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Timothy Nolen, baritone...

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up February 2006 Timothy Nolen’s artistry, both as actor and singer, has allowed this consummate artist to move effortlessly between the worlds of opera and musical theatre. At the Metropolitan Opera, he was Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger, Krusina in The Bartered Bride, and Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow. With the Teatro Carlo Felice he was Trinity Moses in Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Recent directing credits include The Quiltmakers Gift in Dallas and Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds for ABC-Disney Radio. He has been a guest star on such television programs as The Sopranos, Guiding Light, the PBS Great Performances production of Willie Stark, and Sweeney Todd in Concert. The role of the Judge in Sweeney Todd, a signature role, earned him a Critics Award. This season, Mr. Nolen is returning to the New York City Opera for the productions of Patience (as Colonel Calverly) and The Mines of Sulphur (Tooley). He will also sing the role of Sulpice in La fille du regiment with the Florida Grand Opera. In the summer of 2004, Mr. Nolen performed as Sergeant Sulpice in Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment with the Cincinnati Opera and as Somarone in Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict with the Santa Fe Opera. Engagements in the 2004/2005 season included the productions of Platee and Dialogues of the Carmelites with the New York City Opera, and the world premiere of Bolcom’s A Wedding with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In the 2002/2003 season Mr. Nolen collaborated with the New York City Ballet in a production of Charles Ives’ songs. He also returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago for Sweeney Todd. Mr. Nolen had starred in numerous productions with Lyric Opera ranging from his debut in Bolcom’s View from the Bridge to Voltaire in Candide, directed by Hal Prince, to Papageno in Die Zauberflote, directed by August Everding. With Opera Santa Fe he was scheduled to perform R. Strauss’ Intermezzo and Offenbach’s La Belle Helene. Past roles in Santa Fe have included Mr. Peachum in The Beggar’s Opera and Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte. Last season began for Mr. Nolen with an appearance as Oscar in Regina with Lyric Opera of Chicago, then he performed the title role in Sweeney Todd with New York City Opera. Mr. Nolen starred in the title role in the Broadway production of Cyrano and created the role of Markus Schuler in the world premiere of William Bolcom's McTeague at Lyric Opera. Another signature role is George in Of Mice and Men, which he recently performed at Florida Grand Opera. He debuted as Junior in Bernstein's A Quiet Place, and Lord Henry Wotton in The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Hans Kox at Netherlands Opera. European engagements have also included a Broadway program with the Toulouse Symphony, Pacuvio in La Pietra del Paraírone with the Bordeaux Opera, Pelleas in Pelleas et Melisande in Rouen, as well as Rossini's Figaro with the theatres of Nancy, Angers, Zurich, Geneva, Cologne, and Scottish Opera. Other credits include Ned Keene in Peter Grimes with Jon Vickers, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle at Maggio Musicale in Florence, L'Elisir d'Amore and Don Pasquale with Gabriel Bacquier for French television, and Olivier in Capriccio with Netherlands Opera and Paris Radio. Among his orchestral appearances have been the Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer with Pierre Boulez, the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with Michael Tilson Thomas, Cimarosa's rarely heard Il Marito Disperato with the Spoleto Festival in Charleston and Cologne. He also presented many Boston Pops Concerts With the late Arthur Fiedler. Timothy Nolen’s musical theatre performances have included the title roles in the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, a Hal Prince production of Sweeney Todd with the New York City Opera, and the leading role of Hajj in Kismet. He also appeared in the Broadway production and the original cast recording of Hal Prince's Grind. back to roster...up . . . .