Nicola Montfort is a lyric-dramatic soprano and photographer based in Vienna (Austria) and Cornwall (U.K.). Montfort started training in the fields of piano, saxophone, singing and acting at the age of five but it wasn’t until the age of 18 that she discovered the operatic potential of her voice. Following years of jazz and musical training, she started her classical voice education with Edmund Brownless at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt before moving to Vienna to work with her teacher and mentor of many years, Professor Sebastian Vittucci (MDW/MuK). After making the leap from mezzo to soprano, she continued her training with KS Linda Watson before refining her technique with Carol Blaickner-Mayo, who has been her vocal coach and mentor since. During her student years Montfort’s long-t