Nathan
Berg Bass baritone

The Canadian bass-baritone Nathan Berg was born in Saskatchewan and received the Music Gold Medal at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has developed a broad repertoire on the concert and opera stage: He has sung the role of Claudius in Thomas' ‹Hamlet› at the Opéra de Montréal, Filippo in ‹Don Carlos› with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Walton's ‹Belshazzar’s Feast› with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Count Capulet in ‹Roméo et Juliette› at the Metropolitan Opera, among others, and recorded Lully's ‹Alceste› on CD as Alcide with Stéphane Fugget's ensemble Les Épopées. Other concert appearances include the title role in ‹Herzog Blaubarts Burg› with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and ‹Pater Profundus› in Mahler's 8th Symphony with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. Recent engagements include roles such as The Father in ‹Eurydice› at the Metropolitan Opera, Kurwenal in ‹Tristan und Isolde› with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and performances with the LA Philharmonic and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Nathan Berg is a multiple Grammy, Juno and Echo award winner and has appeared on over 30 recordings. He has already sung Philippe in ‹Don Carlos›, the title role in ‹Saint François d’Assise› and Wotan in Wagner's ‹Ring des Nibelungen› at Theater Basel and returns here as Hamm in ‹Fin de Partie›.