Resident Artists
Nicholas Masters, bass
AVA first-year resident artist
Hometown: New Canaan, CTEducation: B. M. in Vocal Performance, McGill University; M. M., Yale University School of Music, Banff Center Opera as Theatre Program; Glimmerglass Young Artists Program.
Competitions:
Roles at AVA: Lord Rochefort, Anna Bolena
Roles: Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Banff Centre; Baron Bluebeard, Bluebeard's Castle, Yale Opera; Don Inigo Gomez, L'Heure Espagnole, Yale Opera; Frank, Die Fledermaus, Colline/Benoit/Alcindoro, La Bohème, Luka, The Bear, all with Yale Opera; Rambaldo, La Rondine, and Drebednyov, Moskva Cheremushki (Shostakovich); Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi; Le Comte de Breville (cover), The Greater Good (world premiere), Glimmerglass Opera; Talpa, Il Tabarro, Baron/Inquisitor/Croupier, Candide, John Winslow, Evangeline (world premiere), Lagimodiere/Poundmaker, Louis Riel, Nettuno, Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria, all with Opera McGill; Sarastro/Speaker, The Magic Flute, Summer Opera Lyric Theater, Toronto.
