OUTscene: (PRE-view) Tenor Nicholas Phan is living proof that opera has gotten Sexier!

Nicholas Phan, performing in the “Silver” cast of Seattle Opera’s upcoming production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, as Count Almaviva, the male lead tenor, has one of the best career marketing hooks in the world. He’s the only Out and Proud, Greco-Chinese, Opera Tenor from Detroit in existence…well, at least that we know of. Mr Phan, (pronounced “pawn”) is an up and comer in the world of international opera and classical music performance. He is making his Seattle Opera debut in “Barber” and has already appeared at Glyndebourne, Dusseldorf and Frankfort Operas in Europe and in the US at New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and many others. In addition to his opera performances, Mr Phan also has an impressive concert career with performances at Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms in London and with major orchestras including Atlanta, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, St Louis and with the Chicago Symphony and conductor Pierre Boulez he recorded an album of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella which was just nominated for a Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance. Later this year, he’ll tour Europe with conductor Alan Curtis and the acclaimed orchestra Il Complesso Barocco singing the role of Lurcanio in Handel’s Ariodante to mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato’s Ariodante, performing in London, Paris, Baden-Baden and Madrid. All this, plus upcoming singing gigs with the San Francisco Symphony and another at Carnegie Hall, keep Mr Phan very busy, but he also manages to find time to blog on his personal website, grecchinois, the name of which is simply the combination of the French words meaning “Greek” and “Chinese” and reflects Mr Phan’s cultural heritage.

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