Meet WNO

Nicholas Lester

Australian baritone Nicholas Lester studied at the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music and was a State Opera of South Australia Young Artist. After his move to the UK he studied at the National Opera Studio‚ where he was sponsored by Glyndebourne.

Recent engagements:  Figaro The Barber of Seville, Onegin Eugene Onegin (WNO); title role Orphée (ENO); Guglielmo Cosi fan tutti, Dandini La Cenerentola, Frédéric Lakmé (Opera Holland Park); Ford Falstaff, Lescaut Manon Lescaut (Grange Festival); Guglielmo (Nationale Reisopera), Josef K in Philip Glass’s The Trial‚ Germano La Scala di Seta‚ Malatesta Don Pasquale, Ping Turandot (Scottish Opera); Marcello La Bohème (ENO, New Zealand Opera)