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date = "2016-12-14T14:26:00+00:00"
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title = "Nicholas Borg"
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icholas makes his Indie Opera T.O debut in MYOpera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s *The Rape of Lucretia* as Tarquinius. He will also star in the title role of *Eugene Onegin* with the Muskoka Opera Festival.

Nicholas has a very busy 2015-2016 season with U of T Opera. He is portraying Ben in *The Telephone*, as well as Hel Helson in Benjamin Britten's *Paul Bunyan*. Nicholas also appears in *The Art of the Prima Donna* and *The Fatal Gaze*. In the 2014-2015 season Nicholas performed the role of Sir Joseph Porter in *HMS Pinafore* and The Man with the Cornet Case in *Postcard from Morocco* both with the University of Toronto.

Nicholas graduated with a Bachelor in Voice Performance from McGill where he studied with Sanford Sylvan. He was featured as Peter Quince in Britten's *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* and Curio in *Giulio Cesare in Egitto* both with Opera McGill.

Nicholas has been involved in several summer opera programs across Canada. This past summer Nicholas was a member of the St. Andrews Arts Council Opera Workshop. Recent roles include il Conte in *Le nozze di Figaro* with the Halifax Summer Opera Festival and Masetto in *Don Giovanni* with Opera NUOVA. Other experience includes Starveling in *A Midsummer Night's Dream* and Coppélius in *Les contes d‘Hoffmann* with the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, as well Simone in *Gianni Schicchi* with Opera on the Avalon.
