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Born in Hertfordshire, Nicholas Ransley, the Star of the BBC’s Flashmob – the Opera in which he appeared as Mike, began his career as an actor, training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in London. Vocal studies took him to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he sang the title role in Albert Herring and Vakula Cherevichki and began his continuing work with David Pollard. Since leaving the Guildhall, he has performed with companies including Central Festival Opera, Co Opera, Ireland, Cork Opera 2005, English National Opera, English Touring Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Lyric Opera, Dublin, Mid Wales Opera, Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera on Tour and Stowe Opera, in a repertoire including Don José Carmen, Nadir Les pêcheurs des Perles, Leicester Mary Stuart, Camille The Merry Widow, Ferrando Così fan tutte, Don Ottavio Don Giovanni, Rodolfo La Bohème, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly, Cavaradossi Tosca, Almaviva The Barber of Seville for Cork Opera 2005, Foresto Attila, Macduff Macbeth, The Duke of Mantua Rigoletto and Raffaele Stiffelio.

Concert work has taken him to many significant concert venues in the UK including The Barbican, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and Symphony Hall, Birmingham, and appearing with orchestras including the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Sussex Symphony. He made his Italian début singing Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the Orchestra da Camera del Lazio in Rome, and also appeared in An Evening with Katherine Jenkins for Haywards Heath Prom Night. His broadcasts and recordings include Friday Night is Music Night, In Tune and Pitch Perfect (BBC), Neil Armstrong Man on the Moon for Tiger Aspect / Channel 4,Borsa Rigoletto for Operatunity (Channel 4) and Love Unspoken (London City Opera).

Current engagements include Nemorino L’elisir d’amore for Lyric Opera, Dublin, Paris La belle Hélène for Diva Opera, Don Ramiro La cenerentola and Gaston La traviata for Scottish Opera, Messiah at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, and The Battle Proms 2008.

www.nicholasransley.com

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