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Biography
Currently on tour with Theatre latté da’s wildly successful international tour of Peter Rothstein's All is Calm, the new year sees several significant debuts for Cuban-American tenor Andres Acosta.
Biography
Currently on tour with Theatre latté da’s wildly successful international tour of Peter Rothstein's All is Calm, the new year sees several significant debuts for Cuban-American tenor Andres Acosta.
Nicholas Brownlee
BASS-BARITONE
NICHOLAS BROWNLEE
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Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee has been described as “charismatic and charming” (New York Times) with a “handsome mahogany tone” and a “starry future in store” (The New Yorker).
Bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee is the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, First Prize winner of the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, winner of the Zarzuela Prize at Operalia, and Grand Prize Winner of The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.​
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In the 25/26 season, Brownlee makes debuts at Lyric Opera of Chicago in Salome (Jochanaan) and with Orquest Sinfónica de Minería for a recording of Salome (Jochanaan). He returns to Bayerische Staatsoper for a new production of Die Walküre (Wotan) directed by Calixto Bieito, Bayreuther Festspiele in Der fliegende Holländer (title role), Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía for Salome (Jochanaan), and to Oper Frankfurt in Peter Grimes (Captain Balstrode), Tosca (Scarpia), and Tristan und Isolde (Kurwenal).
On the concert stage, he debuts with the Houston Symphony for Act II of Tristan und Isolde (Kurwenal & Melot), returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, and appears on the 2025 Richard Tucker Gala.
"A handsome mahogany tone."
“The young bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee stood out in the smaller role of the Porter, filling the auditorium with a handsome mahogany tone. On the 1993 recording, this part was sung by the young René Pape; a similarly starry future may be in store for Brownlee.”
— The New Yorker
25/26
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
In the 25/26 season, Brownlee makes debuts at Lyric Opera of Chicago in Salome (Jochanaan) and with Orquest Sinfónica de Minería for a recording of Salome (Jochanaan). He returns to Bayerische Staatsoper for a new production of Die Walküre (Wotan) directed by Calixto Bieito, Bayreuther Festspiele in Der fliegende Holländer (title role), Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía for Salome (Jochanaan), and to Oper Frankfurt in Peter Grimes (Captain Balstrode), Tosca (Scarpia), and Tristan und Isolde (Kurwenal).
NICHOLAS BROWNLEE
Get in Touch
Mr. Brownlee is managed internationally by Nathan Wentworth at Opus 3 Artists, to whom all booking and press inquiries should be directed.
Currently based in Frankfurt, Germany, Mr. Brownlee maintains an active presence on social media. To keep up with his latest news and behind-the-scenes content, follow him via social media below.
