Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, Canadian tenor Ryan Nauta has earned recognition as “one to watch” (Le Devoir). Ryan is in his first year of the McPhee Artist Development Program at Calgary Opera. This season, Ryan will be seen as the Notary in Don Pasquale and the Minister and Chauffeur in Nino Rota’s The Witty Squirrel. He is a recent participant at the Banff Centre's Opera in the 21st Century, where he performed Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni). Through the Banff Centre's collaboration with the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, he also had the privilege to cover the same role for their production.
Ryan is a recent alumnus of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, where he performed selections of chamber and opera works. His 21/22 season also included performances in association with the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists, as well as a workshop for Volcano Productions' modern retelling of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha. Further credits include Erster Geharnischter (The Magic Flute), Albert Herring (Albert Herring), and Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream).
As a concert soloist, Ryan has performed popular works, such as Messiah (Handel), the Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings (Britten), and Messe de minuit (Charpentier), as well as works by underrepresented and underperformed composers, such as Misa Criolla (Ramirez) and Missa Votiva (Zelenka). His interest in concert work extends to art song, and he is a proud alumnus of the Franz-Schubert-Institut of Baden-bei-Wien, Austria.
Ryan is an alumnus of the Schulich School of Music's Master of Music program at McGill University (2019), and of the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario (2017). He is currently studying privately with Laura Brooks Rice. He is a recipient of scholarships from the Kiwanis Foundation of Canada, the Art Song Foundation of Canada, the International Resource Centre for Performing Artists, and other institutions. In his personal time, he enjoys reading and caring for his overwhelming plant collection.
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Fauré: La Bonne Chanson
Nate Ben Horin, piano
Spears: Timothy’s aria (Last night…) from Fellow Travelers
