Nathan Gunn
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Nathan Gunn is a baritone opera singer from the United States. He is a native of South Bend, Indiana.
He has appeared in many of world's most prestigious opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Mostly Mozart Festival, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Paris Opera, Bayeriche Staatsoper, Glyndebourne Festival, and the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.
While he is justly famous for his vocal prowness and acting, Nathan Gunn has received almost more fame for his physique, a peculiar feat for an opera singer.
His many roles include:
- Title role in Billy Budd
- Title role in Hamlet
- Guglielmo in Così fan tutte
- Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia
- The Count in Le nozze di Figaro
- Marcello in La bohème
- Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos
- Papageno in Die Zauberflöte
- Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles
- Prince Andrei in War and Peace
- Valentin in Faust
- Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas
- Clyde in An American Tragedy
- Buzz Aldrin in 'Man on the Moon' by Jonathan Dove