BREE NICHOLS
Bree Nichols is a young American soprano praised for her “rich vocal disposition” (KlasikaPlus) and compelling stage presence. Her career has taken her to the stages of Glyndebourne, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Tulsa Opera, Opera Bergen, the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, the Janáček International Music Festival, and more. A former Fulbright grantee to the Czech Republic and now based in Prague, Bree is known for her sensitive interpretations of Czech opera heroines as well as over two dozen operatic roles spanning a diverse repertoire.
This summer, Bree covers the title role of Tosca in Glyndebourne’s first ever production of the opera. This season has also held several significant debuts for Bree, including her German debut in the title role of Káťa Kabanová at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, her Scandinavian debut at Opera Bergen as Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann, her Italian debut as Violetta (La traviata) at Teatro Garibaldi Modica, as well as her premiere performances at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Ostrava in Glass’ The Trial, and at Opera Modesto in the title role of Rusalka.
In recent seasons, Bree has made her role debuts as Mimì in La Bohème, and the title roles of Jenůfa and Káťa Kabanová in the Czech Republic, to critical acclaim. Her debut as Káťa Kabanová earned her the distinction of finalist for both the 2024 Jantar Awards and the Opava Thálie Award, and an appearance in the same role at the Leoš Janáček International Music Festival. On the competition circuit, Bree won 1st prize in the Artist Division of the 2023 National Opera Association’s Carolyn Bailey Argento Vocal Competition, and was a District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. She was named a 2023 recipient of the Bonnie Cummins Fielder Grant for Career Advancement and was winner of the 2020 Presser Award in support of her performance and study of Czech opera. Her expanding discography includes her solo debut album, Pure Morning, featuring all Czech repertoire, as well as multiple new music releases on the Navona Records label with the Janáček Philharmonic.
Off the stage, Bree Nichols is a scholar and innovator in community opera advocacy, where her performance expertise informs her leadership in shaping the next generation of musicians. In 2022, she founded Opera Arlington with the mission to galvanize the careers of emerging singers in Texas. She holds a Master of Music degree from University of Georgia and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of North Texas. Her dissertation, culminating in the creation of an anthology of Czech opera arias with corresponding research, translations, and phonetic transcriptions, galvanized her continuing performance and study of Czech opera and art song in the U.S. and abroad. Following her Fulbright work in the Czech Republic, Bree's notes on Czech diction were published in the 2023 Bärenreiter Urtext edition of Dvořák's Rusalka.
Bree Nichols is represented by Samuel Levine at TACT Artists Management.
For business inquiries, please contact: sam@tact4art.com | +49 179 4114 598
“American soprano Bree Nichols... earned a thunderous reception from the first. Bree’s beautiful, dramatically-projected soprano perfectly dominates the stage!
“It’s a wonder how outstanding this young singer’s articulation is, who, through the quality of her pronunciation... rivals native Czech speakers.
“In her every note was the sound of a human heart laid bare, yearning for a love without humiliation, cruelty, and falsehood. Bree Nichols as Káťa Kabanová... presented a fantastic performance, which is, particularly from a vocal perspective, of an international caliber.”
– OSTRAVAN
REPERTOIRE
OPERA ROLES
BLITZSTEIN
Alexandra, Regina
D’ALBERT
Myrtocle, Die toten Augen
DONIZETTI
Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor
DVOŘÁK
Arminda, Arminda*
Rusalka, Rusalka
FOERSTER
Eva, Eva*
GLASS
Fräulein Bürstner & Leni, The Trial
GLUCK
Ismene, Alceste
JANÁČEK
Káťa Kabanová, Káťa Kabanová
Jenůfa, Její pastorkyňa (Jenůfa)
Fox, Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen)
LÉHAR
Valencienne, The Merry Widow
LEONCAVALLO
Nedda, Pagliacci
MENOTTI
Monica, The Medium
MOZART
Despina, Così fan tutte
Donna Anna, Don Giovanni*
Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni*
Fiordiligi, Così fan tutte*
First Lady, The Magic Flute*
Madame Silberklang, Der Schauspieldirektor
Servilia, La clemenza di Tito
Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro
Zerlina, Don Giovanni
MYSLIVEČEK
Irene, Il gran Tamerlano
OFFENBACH
Antonia, Les contes d’Hoffmann
PUCCINI
Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut
Mimì, La Bohème
Musetta, La Bohème*
Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi
Liù, Turandot
Tosca, Tosca
ROUSSEL
Béatrice, Le testament de la tante Caroline
SMETANA
Mařenka, The Bartered Bride
STRAUSS, J.
Rosalinde, Die Fledermaus
Adele, Die Fledermaus
STRAUSS, R.
Arabella, Arabella*
VERDI
Gilda, Rigoletto
Violetta Valéry, La traviata
WEILL
Jennie, Down in the Valley
Rose Maurrant, Street Scene*
“Bree Nichols portrayed a Violetta of great depth, shifting between vocal delicacy and emotional tension with a rare naturalness...sincere and vibrant”
– LA SICILIA
ORATORIO & CONCERT
DVOŘÁK
Stabat Mater
FAURÉ
Requiem
FOERSTER
Čisté jitro (Pure Morning)
HÄNDEL
Messiah*
MELANI
Quai bellici accenti
MOZART
Requiem*
ORFF
Carmina Burana
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater
RUTTER
Requiem
RYBA
Česká mše vánoční (Czech Christmas Mass)
WALTON
Façade
ART SONG
AXMAN
Duha (Rainbow)
DVOŘÁK
Cigánské melodie (Gypsy Songs)
Písně milostné (Love Songs)*
FOERSTER
3 Nocturnes, Op. 163
Praze (To Prague)
KAPRÁLOVÁ
Jablko s klína Selections
Sbohem a šáteček
Smutný večer
NOVÁK
Melancholické písně o lásce (Melancholy Songs About Love)
REISSEROVÁ
Březen (March)
Pod sněhem (Beneath the Snow)
STRAUSS
Brentano Lieder
* indicates partial role/work performed