Biography
Winner of the 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup, American baritone Edward Nelson is quickly establishing himself as one the most exciting singers of his generation. This season Mr. Nelson makes his debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as Dandini in Damiano Michieletto’s production of La Cenerentola and returns to the Semperoper Dresden for the same production. He also returns to the Washington National Opera for Francesca Zambello’s production of Offenbach’s La Périchole. He recently made his debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in the new production of Terence Blanchard’s Champion and at the Teatro Real in the title role of Phillip Glass’ Orphée. An alumnus of both the Merola Opera Program and the Adler Fellowship at the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Nelson has made over 70 appearances on the stage
Performance credits
Past performances 1963 — Yesterday
Songbird (La Périchole, adaption) (The Songbird (La Périchole adaptation)), OffenbachLowe, JamesFogel
Washington National OperaDon Andres
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Songbird (La Périchole, adaption) (The Songbird (La Périchole adaptation)), OffenbachLowe, JamesFogel
Washington National OperaDon Andres
View cast and crew
Biography
Winner of the 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup, American baritone Edward Nelson is quickly establishing himself as one the most exciting singers of his generation. This season Mr. Nelson makes his debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as Dandini in Damiano Michieletto’s production of La Cenerentola and returns to the Semperoper Dresden for the same production. He also returns to the Washington National Opera for Francesca Zambello’s production of Offenbach’s La Périchole. He recently made his debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in the new production of Terence Blanchard’s Champion and at the Teatro Real in the title role of Phillip Glass’ Orphée. An alumnus of both the Merola Opera Program and the Adler Fellowship at the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Nelson has made over 70 appearances on the stage
