Nmon Ford
Panamanian American baritone Nmon Ford’s last season appearances include the role of Silvio Pagliacci at Opera Carolina, Le Spectre Hamlet with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Pomona Orchestra, a critically acclaimed High Priest Samson et Dalilah at Opera Colorado, and Sharpless Madama Butterfly at Cincinnati Opera and at Detroit Opera, a role to which he returns again this season at Pittsburgh Opera and at Utah Opera.
Recent highlights include Escamillo Carmen at Opera Colorado, English National Opera and Calgary Opera; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s St Matthew Passion and Fort Worth Symphony’s staged version of The Creation. A feature of past seasons includes his exceptionally reviewed performances as Crown in the new ENO/Metropolitan Opera production of Porgy and Bess at English National Opera; and he excelled in the title role Don Giovanni in the UK’s Dorset Opera Festival.
“Baritone Nmon Ford struck a charismatic presence as the American Consul, Sharpless. He was vocally a standout…” Janelle Gelfland, Cincinnati Business Courier, July 23, 2023
“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…” Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 18 July 2018
“Baritone Nmon Ford was outstanding as Jochanaan. His opening lines were surprisingly powerful, sung as they were from under the stage in the cistern. But he sang with resonant dignity throughout. He was also much less stiff physically than most Jochanaans.” Mark Kanny, Trib-Live, November 6, 2016
| 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