{"id":470,"date":"2019-12-17T05:06:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T05:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westernregionmetauditions.org\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2024-05-06T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T22:20:12","slug":"nicolas-brownlee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westernregionmetauditions.org\/nicolas-brownlee\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Brownlee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernregionmetauditions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nicholas-Brownlee-9128829-large.jpg?resize=586%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-472\" width=\"586\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernregionmetauditions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nicholas-Brownlee-9128829-large.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westernregionmetauditions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Nicholas-Brownlee-9128829-large.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee has been described as \u201ccharismatic and charming\u201d (New York Times) with a \u201ccommanding presence\u201d and \u201crich tone\u201d (Musical America). He is a first prize winner of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, winner of the Zarzuela prize at Operalia, and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions grand prize winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholas is a member of the ensemble at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe where he will be heard in new productions of Der Freisch\u00fctz (Kaspar) and Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann (Villains), as well as revivals of Simon Boccanegra (Paolo) and Anna Bolena (Enrico VIII). In his first season, he sang new productions of Anna Bolena, Simon Boccanegra, Melisso in Alcina, and as Fr\u00e8re Laurent in Berlioz\u2019 Rom\u00e9o et Juliette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Mr. Brownlee made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the First Soldier in Salome conducted by Johannes Debus. A former Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist at Los Angeles Opera, he has been seen as Nourabad in Les p\u00eacheurs de perles, Sprecher in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te, the Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Captain Gardiner in Moby-Dick, all conducted by James Conlon. He also sang Colline in La boh\u00e8me conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at LA Opera, as well as debuted at Atlanta Opera in the same role. He debuted at Teatro de S\u00e3o Carlos in Lisbon as Escamillo in Calixto Bieto\u2019s production of Carmen. He has been seen at Santa Fe Opera singing the 1st Soldier in Salome and as Don Fernando in a new Stephen Wadsworth production of Fidelio conducted by Harry Bicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Brownlee debuted with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in Dvor\u00e1k\u2019s Te Deum conducted by Andres Orozco-Estrada and with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Verdi\u2019s Messa da Requiem conducted by Kent Nagano. He made his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut under Gustavo Dudamel in Beethoven\u2019s Choral Fantasy and returned for performances of a new multimedia staging by Netia Jones of Chin\u2019s Alice in Wonderland under Susanna M\u00e4lkki, which traveled to the Barbican in London with the BBC Symphony. Also with the LA Philharmonic, he was seen as the Doctor in Pell\u00e9as et Melisande with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting. He sang Stravinsky\u2019s Les Noces with the Los Angeles Master Chorale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Brownlee received his Master of Music degree from Rice University where he studied with Dr. Stephen King. He was part of the inaugural Young Artist Vocal Academy with Houston Grand Opera, apprentice artist with the Wolf Trap Opera Company, and winner of the 2014 Palm Springs Vocal Competition. He was awarded the 2016 Sara Tucker Study Grant and 2017 Richard Tucker Career Grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee has been described as \u201ccharismatic and charming\u201d (New York Times) with a \u201ccommanding presence\u201d and \u201crich tone\u201d (Musical America). He is a first prize winner of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, winner of the Zarzuela prize at Operalia, and Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions grand prize winner. 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