NICK PERFORMS IN WORLD PREMIERE OF JAKE HEGGIE’S NEW OPERA, THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS

Nicholas Phan and Simone McIntosh with Kent Nagano in Jake Heggie’s The Judgement of Paris World Premiere at Festival Napa Valley

SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE

“The cast was exceptional…As the wine merchant Steven Spurrier, Nicholas Phan sang with his usual focused clarity. His diction and ease of delivery are wonders unto themselves. Everything is idiomatic with him, no matter what he’s singing.”

SaN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“The score is replete with marvelous pieces of invention…Tenor Nicholas Phan and mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh gave amiable, tuneful performances as Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher, the real-life organizers of the competition…“The Judgment of Paris” is all pleasure, the work of two terrific creators throwing off an 80-minute comic bauble with hidden depths, and making it all look incredibly easy.”