Biography
After many regional successes, Tenor Nicholas Nestorak is building a professional career in vocal performance. A native of Michigan, Nestorak’s career has flourished not only in the Midwest but across the United States and internationally with regional opera company performances and vocal competitions. Following residencies at apprentice programs such as Palm Beach Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Wolf Trap Opera, Nestorak has continued to build his craft performing lead roles with opera companies such as Austin Opera, Opera Roanoke, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Sklight Music Theatre, and Opera Grand Rapids. In addition to performing in classical traditional operas, Nestorak has passion for new compostitions. This past season Nestorak portrayed the American painter Grant Wood in The Grant Wood Operas: Strokes of Genius in the World Premiere production of these works with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre. The 2019-2020 season holds a role and company debut of Goro in Madama Butterfly with Knoxville Opera and a return to Opera Grand Rapids as Pong in their production of Turandot. A former student of tenor George Shirley, Nestorak holds a MM from the University of Michigan (Voice), and a BA from Hillsdale College (Voice & Cello). For a full list of Nestorak’s past roles, please see resume. To see Nestorak’s upcoming engagements and to get more production information, please see calendar.
REVIEWS
http://shepherdexpress.com/article-29442-skylights-wonderfully-expressive-musical-beast.html
http://palmbeachartspaper.com/index.php/2367-pbo-young-artists-deftly-take-on-rorems-our-town.html
Pong Turandot Opera Grand Rapids 2020
Goro Madama Butterfly Cedar Rapids 2020
Goro Madama Butterfly Knoxville Opera 2019
Conte Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia Opera Roanoke 2019
Grant Wood Strokes of Genius: Cedar Rapids 2019
The Grant Wood Operas Opera Theatre
The Witch Hansel and Gretel BRAVA! Opera Theater 2019
Monostatos The Magic Flute Opera Grand Rapids 2018
Monostatos The Magic Flute Toledo Opera 2018
Borsa Rigoletto Wolf Trap Opera 2018
Tenor 2 Seven Deadly Sins Wolf Trap Opera 2018
Gastone La Traviata Austin Opera 2018
Pang Turandot Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre 2018
Spoletta Tosca Wolf Trap Opera 2017
Physician Fall of the House of Usher Wolf Trap Opera 2017
Trin La fanciulla del West Opera Carolina 2017
Ali Zémire et Azor Skylight Music Theatre 2017
Basilio Le nozze di Figaro Toledo Opera 2017
Gastone La Traviata Opera Carolina 2017
Tobias Ragg Sweeney Todd Glimmerglass Festival 2016
Albert Herring Albert Herring Opera MODO 2016
Lord Geoffrey The Picture of Dorian Gray Opera Fayetteville 2016
Jupiter Semele Opera MODO 2015
Monostatos The Magic Flute Glimmerglass Festival 2015
Tonio La Fille du Regiment Palm Beach Opera 2015
(cover & family)
Parpignol La Bohème Palm Beach Opera 2015
Rinuccio Gianni Schicchi Oberlin in Italy 2014
Spalanzani The Tales of Hoffmann Palm Beach Opera 2014
Nathanaël The Tales of Hoffmann Palm Beach Opera 2014
Almaviva Il Barbiere di Siviglia Palm Beach Opera 2014
(cover & family)
Oronte Alcina (reduced w/piano) Palm Beach Opera 2014
George Gibbs Our Town (reduced w/piano)Palm Beach Opera 2014
Malcom(cover) Macbeth Palm Beach Opera 2014
Ufficiale Il Barbiere di Siviglia Crested Butte Music Festival 2013
(& Almaviva cover)
Harlequin Der Kaiser von Atlantis Crested Butte Music Festival 2013
Tanzmeister Ariadne auf Naxos University of Michigan 2013
Don Ottavio Don Giovanni University of Michigan 2012
Tamino Die Zauberflöte Lyric Opera Studio of Weimar 2012
(& 1st Armored Man)
Nerone L’incoronazione di Poppea University of Michigan 2012
Ein Soldat Der Kaiser von Atlantis University of Michigan 2012
The Beast Beauty and the Beast Hillsdale College 2010
Matt The Fantasticks Hillsdale Community Theatre 2009
Kaspar Amahl and the Night Visitors Hillsdale College 2007
