Nicholas Gerling
as Giuseppe
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Tenor, Nicholas Gerling is an undergraduate senior at Nazareth College of Rochester and is very excited to be appearing as Giuseppe in Mercury Opera Rochester's performance of La Traviata.
As a part of the Rochester community, Gerling has been very active on the Nazareth College campus performing in many scenes productions as well as his latest roles as Robert in Hin und Zurück and Le petit vieillard (The Old Man) in L’enfant et les sortilège. He has also participated in the Mercury Opera chorus of Don Giovanni, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Tosca, as well as playing the role of Strephon in a concert performance of Iolanthe. Later this season he will perform the role of Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte.
Gerling attended the pre-apprenticeship program “Opera in the Ozarks” in summer 2009, performing in the scenes production as well as the role of Beppe in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and the lead role in Britten’s opera Albert Herring. He has also participated in the language intensive program 'Si parla, si canta,' run by Maestro Benton Hess.
Gerling has received first place in the NATS competition as a freshman and also as a senior, and received second place in the regional competition as a sophomore. He is also winner of the Theodore Presser scholarship.
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