Soprano Nicola Santoro is quickly establishing herself as a foremost interpreter of contemporary music. This season she was an Artist-In-Residence with Promenade Opera Project and premiered the role of Zoo Director in The Bedbug in October 2021. Previously, she starred in the collegiate premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs as Chrisann Brennan. Additional role credits include Mrs. O’Malley (It’s a Wonderful Life), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).  

In prior seasons, she received the Encouragement Award in the Boston District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Awards, was a prize winner in the National Society of Arts and Letters Competition two years in a row, a semifinalist in the Orpheus Competition, and a recipient of the distinguished Georgina Joshi International Fellowship. She has had the opportunity to participate in young artist programs such as the Dandelion Opera Institute, SongFest and The CoOperative Program. Nicola was scheduled to be the soloist for Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo with the Philharmonic of Columbus, IN, before the concert’s cancellation due to the pandemic. She has also sung as a soloist with the Thüringer Symphoniker in The Handel Project (Alexander’s Feast), and with euphoniumist Demondrae Thurman (A Summer’s Journey). Nicola earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College and her Master of Music degree from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.