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Zachary Nelson, a native of Annapolis, Maryland, has been praised for his rich and powerful baritone, as well as his ability to embody dramatic and comic characters on the operatic stage.

The baritone’s 2018-2019 season includes a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago as a soloist in their widely attended annual Millennium Park concert, followed by performances of Marcello in _La bohème._ Additionally, he joins Arizona Opera as the Count in _Le nozze di Figaro_, and returns to Santa Fe Opera as Marcello in _La bohème_. On the concert stage, he sings Peter in _Hansel and Gretel_ with the Oregon Symphony.

Mr. Nelson’s 2017-2018 included performances of Ping in _Turandot_ with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Semperoper Dresden as the title role in _Le nozze di Figaro._ He made his Pittsburgh Opera debut as Belcore in _L’elsiir d’amore_, appeared in recital with Leah Crocetto at New York City’s Morgan Library under the auspices of the George London Foundation, and essayed Bloch’s _Sacred Service_ with Voices of Ascension in New York City.

The 2016-2017 season brought debuts at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Donner in _Das Rheingold_ and Enrico Ashton (cover) in _Lucia di Lammermoor_, Escamillo in _Carmen_ with Den Norske Opera, and a fourth season with the Santa Fe Opera as Enrico Ashton in _Lucia di Lammermoor_.

2015-2016 began with a return to the Dresden Semperoper as Figaro in both _Le nozze di Figaro_ and _Il barbiere di Siviglia_. He performed the role of Dr. Falke in _Die Fledermaus_ with the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy in Kyoto, Tokyo, and Nagoya. He made debuts at the Salzburg Landestheater, Palm Beach, and San Francisco Opera in _Carmen_ as Escamillo, and returned to the Canadian Opera Compnay as Escamillo.

His 2014-15 season included the title role of _Le nozze di Figaro_ with the Aix-en-Provence Festival on tour in Manama, Bahrain. Additionally, he made his debut with Canadian Opera Company as Masetto in Dmitri Tcherniakov’s _Don Giovanni_. He debuted the roles of Paolo in _Simon Boccanegra_, Escamillo in _Carmen,_ and reprised the roles of Gugliemo in _Cosi fan tutte_, Belcore in _L’Elisir D’Amore_, Marcello in _La bohéme_, and Figaro in both _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ and a new production of _Le Nozze di Figaro,_ all with the Dresden Semperoper.

In the 2013-2014 season, Mr. Nelson joined the ensemble of the Dresden Semperoper, where he performed the roles of Il Conte in _Le nozze di Figaro_, Marcello in _La bohème_, Der Sprecher in _Die Zauberflöte_, Figaro in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_, and Guglielmo in a new production of _Così fan tutte_. He also returned toSanta Fe Opera as Malatesta in Laurent Pelly’s _Don Pasquale_.

Other notable performances include: Figaro in _Le nozze di Figaro_ with Santa Fe Opera, Germont in _La traviata_ with Lyric Opera of Virginia, Angelotti in _Tosca_ and Mandryka (cover) in _Arabella_ with Santa Fe Opera, Quinault in _Adriana Lecouvreur_ with Opera Orchestra of New York, Sciarrone in _Tosca_ with The Glimmerglass Festival, and he was a soloist in Steven Blier’s “Killer B’s” with the New York Festival of Song.

A graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Nelson performed many roles including: Belcore in _L’elisir D’Amore_, Renato in _Un ballo in Maschera_, the title role in _Falstaff_, Michele in _Il Tabarro_, Sancho Panza in _Don Quichotte_, Mandryka in _Arabella_, Golaud in _Pelléas et Mélisande_, and Masetto in _Don Giovanni_. Mr. Nelson is also a graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Awards Mr. Nelson has garnered are: The George London Award from the 2012 George London Foundation, 1st prize prize from the 2012 Opera Index Competition, The 2012 Liederkranz Foundation Competition (General Opera Division), and the 2012 Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation. Also, 2nd prize from the 2011 Gerda Lissner Competition, the 2011 Giulio Gari Foundation, and the 2011 Loren Zachary Competition.