Nicholas Borg

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Nicholas Borg is a Bass-Baritone that has been praised as “an engaging visual and vocal actor” (Opera Canada) with a “warm, sonorous baritone” (Stage Door Toronto).

Last season Nicholas performed Scarpia in Tosca with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Yukon Arts Centre, and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, returned to Masterworks of Oakville as Bass soloist in Messiah, and performed Pete in City Workers in Love (Weisensel/Cavanagh) in London, Ontario. Recent seasons include performances as Bass Soloist in Messiah for Masterworks of Oakville and RESOUND Choir, and baritone soloist in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs for RESOUND Choir.

In opera, Nicholas has performed Dandini in La Cenerentola for Manitoba Opera, and Alexander Graham Bell in the Parks Canada production of Dean Burry/Lorna MacDonald’s The Bells of Baddeck, as well as Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte and Marchese in La traviata for Brott Opera. In 2019-20 Nicholas was a member of the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program at Vancouver Opera, where he performed the roles of Barone Douphol in La traviata and Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Nicholas has been a chorus member of the Canadian Opera Company and a soloist for the Toronto Operetta Theatre,  Voicebox: Opera in Concert, the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Toronto, the Grand Philharmonic Choir, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Nicholas is also the Executive Director of Toronto City Opera, a community focused opera company. Nicholas is a graduate of the University of Toronto Opera and McGill University. 

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