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Nmon Ford
Baritone
Panamanian-American baritone Nmon Ford won exceptional reviews when he appeared as Crown last season in the new Metropolitan Opera co-production of Porgy & Bess at English National Opera in London and later at Dutch National Opera. He stepped into new territory composing his own piece, Orpheus: a house music opera, slated for its world premiere at London’s Young Vic Theatre in March 2020 directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. At Dallas Symphony Orchestra he sang A Sea Symphony under the baton of Robert Spano, prior to which he won accolades from press and public alike for his arresting performance as The Celebrant in Bernstein’s Mass at Lincoln Center. Recent career highlights include Jochanaan Salome with Patricia Racette at Pittsburgh Opera, Don Pizzaro Fidelio with Christine Goerke at Cincinnati Opera, and in concert with Atlanta Symphony Iago Otello with Russell Thomas in the title role.
This season in January, the artist joins Opera Colorado for a specially-curated concert with Laquita Mitchell, designed to be streamed for the company’s donors and subscribers, after which Mr Ford travels to Canada for the role of Creon Oedipe with Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
“Of the major characters, only Nmon Ford as Bess’s violent lover Crown has the necessary vocal heft and stage presence, and his ability to cow the entire community during the storm scene arouses a genuine thrill of terror.”
Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph, 12 October 2018
“Calm and collected, Nmon Ford, as the Celebrant, made a sweet sound…”
NY Times, Zachary Woolfe, 18 July 2018
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| BERLIOZ | Samson et Dalila (Le grand prêtre) |
|---|---|
| BIZET | Carmen (Escamillo) Les pêcheurs de perles (Zurga) |
| BLOCH | Macbeth (Macbeth) |
| CATÁN | Florencia en el Amazonas (Riolobo) |
| GIORDANO | Andrea Chénier (Carlo Gérard) |
| GRUENBERG | The Emperor Jones (Brutus Jones) |
| LEONCAVALLO | I pagliacci (Tonio) |
| MASCAGNI | Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio) |
| MASSENET | Hérodiade (Hérode) |
| MOZART | Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni) |
| PUCCINI | Tosca (Scarpia) |
| STRAUSS, R. | Die Liebe der Danae (Jupiter) Salome (Jochanaan) |
| VERDI | Aïda (Amonasro) Un ballo in maschera (Renato) Don Carlo (Posa) Ernani (Don Carlo) Macbeth (Macbeth) Nabucco (Nabucco) Otello (Iago) La traviata (Germont) Il trovatore (di Luna) Rigoletto (Rigoletto) |
| WAGNER | Lohengrin (Telramund) Parsifal (Amfortas, Klingsor) Tristan und Isolde (Kurwenal) |
| ADAMS | El Niño |
|---|---|
| BACH, J.S. | Cantata no.205 St. Matthew Passion |
| BEETHOVEN | Symphony 9 |
| BERLIOZ | L’enfance du Christ |
| BLOCH | Sacred Service |
| BOLCOM | Songs of Innocence and of Experience |
| BRAHMS | Ein deutsches Requiem |
| BRITTEN | War Requiem |
| DEBUSSY | L’enfant prodigue Trois ballades de François Villon |
| DELIUS | Sea Drift |
| DE FALLA | Sietes cançiones populares Españolas |
| ELGAR | The Dream of Gerontius |
| ELLINGTON | Sacred Songs |
| FAURÉ | Requiem |
| HANDEL | Judas Maccabeus Messiah Samson |
| HAYDN | Creation |
| HIGDON | Dooryard Bloom |
| LESHNOFF | Zohar |
| MAHLER | Das Lied von der Erde Des Knaben Wunderhorn Kindertotenlieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Rückertlieder Symphony 8 |
| MENDELSSOHN | Elijah |
| MOZART | Concert Aria, “Mentre ti lascio, o flglia” Concert Aria, “Per pietà, non ricercate” |
| ORFF | Carmina Burana |
| RACHMANINOV | The Bells |
| RAVEL | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée |
| THEOFANIDIS | Creation/Creator |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Five Mystical Songs Sea Symphony Serenade to Music |
| VILLA-LOBOS | Symphony 10, “Amerindia” |
| WALTON | Belshazzar’s Feast |
Contact
Deborah Sanders
Founder and Director
deborah@arbourartists.com