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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. He has furthered his studies with William Matteuzzi.
Since leaving the Guildhall, Nicholas Ransley has performed with companies including Central Festival Opera, Co Opera, Ireland, English National Opera, English Touring Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Lyric Opera, Dublin, Mid Wales Opera 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, Macduff
Macbeth,
The Duke of Mantua Rigoletto and
Raffaele Stiffelio. He has also worked with the educational departments of the Royal Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera North and Welsh National Opera.
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, in a repertoire including the
B Minor Mass,
St John Passion and
Magnificat, Beethoven
Choral Symphony and
Missa Solemnis, Handel
Messiah,
Samson and
Israel in Egypt,
The Creation, Howells
Hymnus Paradisi, the
Glagolitic Mass, Mozart
Mass in C Minor and
Requiem,
Carmina Burana, Puccini
Messa di Gloria, Petite Messe Solennelle and Tippet’s
A Child of Our Time. He made his Italian début singing Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the Orchestra da Camera del Lazio in Rome.
His broadcasts and recordings include
In Tune and
Pitch Perfect for the BBC,
Borsa Rigoletto for
Operatunity on Channel 4 and
Love Unspoken with the Brandenberg Sinfonia for London City Opera. Current engagements include
Nadir Les pêcheurs de perles for Swansea City Opera,
Camille The Merry Widow for Opera Holland Park,
Rodolfo La Bohème for Scottish Opera On Tour,
Messiah with the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Puccini
Messa di Gloria with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Verdi
Requiem for Isle of Wight Cantata Choir,
An Evening with Katherine Jenkins and
Friday Night is Music Night for BBC Radio 2.
