About



Nicholas Lester was born in Australia and is now based in London.
He has dual Australian/British citizenship.

He studied at the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music and the National Opera Studio in London.

Most of his work is in the classical concert and operatic fields in locations around the UK and internationally. He works for a music charity in education settings and is a singing teacher.

Last year he made his debut for Chelsea Opera Group as Prince Vyazminsky in The Oprichnik, performed Guglielmo in a very successful production of Cosi fan tutte for The Grange Festival,
and had a well received run of performances of Il Conte in Le nozze di Figaro for State Opera of South Australia.

This year he returns to Scottish Opera as Baron Douphol where he will also cover Giorgio Germont-a new Verdi role for him.

Following this he returns to State Opera South Australia to perform Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte.

Please look at the rest of the site for more information, and to see or listen to examples of his work.

If you would like a current biography please contact info@musichall.uk.com

“The strongest of all in terms of stage presence and vocal power are the two principal male protagonists. Nicholas Lester is excellent as the continually scheming Count Almaviva, who never lets his sense of position and elegance slide…”

Brett Allen-Bayes Limelight-arts.com.au

Engagements

"The way he is played by Nicholas Lester and the way those around him reacts to the events, makes it clear that he [Don Giovanni] both has an attractive personality, while clearly showing manipulative and narcissistic tendencies." (Don Giovanni - Kilden Opera, Norway)

Adrian McAllister fvn.no

“And the show’s satirical bite is greatly enhanced by having such characterful singers as Sarah Tynan, Nicholas Lester and Anthony Gregory playing the ghastly individuals who intrude into Beauty’s solitary world.” (Gluttony - Beauty and the Seven Beasts - The Opera Story)

Richard Morrison The Times

Gallery

“Nicholas Lester is an extremely suave Belcore, who asserts his tremendous baritone to great effect." (Belcore - L'elisir d'amore - West Green House Opera)

Sam Smith MusicOMH

“Nicholas Lester is a highly watchable Figaro, always the performer, the fixer par excellence, and he starts strongly in the “Largo al factotum” (Figaro - The Barber of Seville - Welsh National Opera)

Stephen Walsh The Arts Desk

Listen/Look

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“Nicholas Lester really inhabits the part of the arrogant Onegin, even his supercilious bearing tells it all. Stage presence is heightened by Lester’s resonant baritone voice, strong and masterly phrased.”

Mark Aspen Mark Aspen

“Nicholas Lester’s lyrical baritone belied the unpleasantness of his Lescaut…” (Lescaut - Manon Lescaut - Grange Festival Opera)

Dominic Lowe Bachtrack

Contact


MANAGEMENT

(World except Austria, Germany & Switzerland)

Peter & Emma Hall

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East Sussex
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United Kingdom
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MANAGEMENT

(Austria, Germany & Switzerland)

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1180 Vienna, Austria






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