British opera singer
Nicholas Sharratt (born in Nottingham) is an English operatic tenor.
Biography
Sharratt studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and the National Opera Studio.[1]
He has performed the title role in Orpheus in the Underworld for Scottish Opera[2] and Ernesto in Don Pasquale for English Touring Opera.[3] Other principal roles have included Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore for Grange Park Opera[4] and Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Opera North.[5]
In 2012 he played Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville for English Touring Opera,[6] and created the role of Sam in Ghost Patrol by Stuart MacRae, in a Scottish Opera/Music Theatre Wales production that won the 2013 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera.[7]
In 2013 he played Frederic in the Scottish Opera/D'Oyly Carte Opera Company co-production of The Pirates of Penzance[8]
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