This season, Nicola joins Promenade Opera Project as one of their Artists-in-Residence. She will be starring in the world premiere of The Bedbug in October 2021 and will appear as the Turnspit in POP's November production of Rusalka. This July, she will participate in NEMPAC Opera Project's beloved Opera from the Balcony series, which has returned to the North End of Boston for its second year.
Soprano Nicola Santoro is quickly establishing herself as a foremost interpreter of contemporary music. This season she is an Artist-In-Residence with Promenade Opera Project and will be premiering a role in The Bedbug in October 2021 as well as appearing as Turnspit in Rusalka. She starred in the collegiate premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs as Chrisann Brennan under the direction of Kevin Newbury and Maestro Michael Christie. Previous role credits also include Mrs. O’Malley (It’s A Wonderful Life), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte). Recently, she received the Encouragement Award in the Boston District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards, was a prize winner in the National Society of Arts and Letters Competition two years in a row, and was a semifinalist in the Orpheus Competition. Nicola earned her B.M. from Westminster Choir College and her M.M. from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
This season, Nicola joins Promenade Opera Project as one of their Artists-in-Residence. She will be starring in the world premiere of The Bedbug in October 2021 and will appear as the Turnspit in POP's November production of Rusalka. This July, she will participate in NEMPAC Opera Project's beloved Opera from the Balcony series, which has returned to the North End of Boston for its second year.
Soprano Nicola Santoro is quickly establishing herself as a foremost interpreter of contemporary music. This season she is an Artist-In-Residence with Promenade Opera Project and will be premiering a role in The Bedbug in October 2021 as well as appearing as Turnspit in Rusalka. She starred in the collegiate premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs as Chrisann Brennan under the direction of Kevin Newbury and Maestro Michael Christie. Previous role credits also include Mrs. O’Malley (It’s A Wonderful Life), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte). Recently, she received the Encouragement Award in the Boston District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards, was a prize winner in the National Society of Arts and Letters Competition two years in a row, and was a semifinalist in the Orpheus Competition. Nicola earned her B.M. from Westminster Choir College and her M.M. from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.