Nmon Ford
Panamanian-American baritone Nmon Ford’s recent highlights include his exceptionally reviewed performances in the title role Don Giovanni at Dorset Festival Opera, and as Crown in the new production of Porgy & Bess at English National Opera, later at Dutch National Opera; at Dallas Symphony Orchestra he sang A Sea Symphony under the baton of Robert Spano, and he travelled to Denver to join the cast of Opera Colorado’s Carmen as Escamillo. He stepped into new territory writing his own piece, Orpheus: a house music opera slated for a world premiere in March 2020 at London’s Young Vic Theatre and directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, a casualty of the pandemic.
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. Earlier in his career Mr Ford sang often at Hamburg State Opera in Germany and appeared as Scarpia Tosca, Luna Il Trovatore, title role Billy Budd, The Traveler Death in Venice, and Thoas Iphigenie et Tauride under the baton of Simone Young.
“Ford – last seen in the UK as Crown in the ENO production of Porgy and Bess – was a casting coup for Dorset’s artistic director, Roderick Kennedy. The audience was unable to take its eyes off this Don as he waltzed, pirouetted and jived his way through the role with supreme confidence, accompanied by his warm, ample, seductive baritone. This was a consummate performance that simply knocked spots off…” Martina Bet, The Express, 31 August 2021
“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
| 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