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McNichols

Tom McNichols

Described by the New York Times as an “oceanic bass”, Tom McNichols continues to garner praise for work ranging from internationally acclaimed premiers to standard concert repertoire.  In the last six years, his voice has been heard on five continents in live performance, live and recorded radio broadcasts, and eight studio recordings in works ranging from the narration of How the Grinch Stole Christmas with the Boston Pops to world premieres of new operatic works. 

Following the premier of Death and the Powers at Opera Monte Carlo in September of 2010, in which Musical America praised him for a “powerful sonorous bass”, Tom covered the role of Bustamente in La Navarraise with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall.  2011 began with a revival of Death and the Powers by Tod Machover with The American Repertoire Theater and The Chicago Opera Theater, and a recording of the opera for a 2012 release.  Additionally, 2012 will see him as Sarastro in The Magic Flute with Boheme Opera NJ and Opera Grand Rapids. The 2010 season included the premier of the role of Inquisitor Felletti in Francisco Calluffo’s Il Caso Mortara, followed by Bonze in Madame Butterfly and the bass soloist in Donizetti’s Requiem, all with The Di Capo Opera.

Tom is most at home with the basso profundo and basso cantante repertoire, including Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Osmin in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail and Sparafucile in Rigoletto.

An appearance as grand semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2008 led Tom to resign his tenure with CANTUS, a position he held for four seasons. Among other engagements, those years included full-time touring, live and studio recordings, live broadcasts via NPR, APM and the EBU, and performances in all of the nation's coveted concert halls, including Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Spivey Hall and the Library of Congress.

Tom holds a MM from The Peabody Institute and currently studies with Michael Paul and Eric Halvarson in New York City.

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