Nicholas Chalmers

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Nicholas Chalmers is an English conductor.

Education[edit]

Chalmers read music at Oxford University and studied conducting at Conservatorio di Musica di Piacenza.[1]

Career[edit]

In 2004 Chalmers co-founded Second Movement, as joint Artistic Director with Oliver Mears,[2] conducting with them the British premiere of Larmes de couteau on a triple bill at The Film Studios, Covent Garden in 2007.[3]

He was Assistant Chorus Master at English National Opera from 2008-2011.[4] For Northern Ireland Opera he has conducted productions of Tosca, The Turn of the Screw and Noye's Fludde.[5] In 2012 he was appointed Artistic Director of the newly formed Nevill Holt Opera, for whom he conducted The Magic Flute in the summer of 2013.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nevill Holt Opera website". Nevillholtopera.net. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Second Movement". Secondmovement.org.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ Review by Anthony Burton. Bohuslav Martinů Newsletter, Bohuslav Martinů Institute, Vol. VII No.3, 2007, p6.
  4. ^ a b "Nevill Holt Opera website". Nevillholtopera.net. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Northern Ireland Opera: the award-winning national opera company". Niopera.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.