Nathaniel McBride

Baritone Nathaniel McBride’s repertoire spans from early classical to contemporary, as well as musical theater. Recent performances include Marcello in La Bohème and Trio member in Trouble in Tahiti with University of Memphis. Due to Covid-19 performances with Berlin Opera Academy as Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus and Father in In Our Own Voices with Steel City Opera were canceled. In summer 2022 he covered the role of Jupiter in Orphee aux enfers with Opera Company of Middlebury and Guglielmo from Cosí fan tutte with Opera Lucca in 2019. Along with roles such as Pangloss from Candide and Duparquet from Hahn’s Ciboulette under the direction of Catherine Malfitano and Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki as Drebednev and Mr. Milkin under the direction of Donna Vaughn. Musical theater experience include performances as Chip from On the town and Shrek in Shrek the Musical directed by Carolyn Marlow.

Appearances in the concert arena include performances with the New York Philharmonic, the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival. Nathaniel earned his Bachelor’s of Music degree at Manhattan School of Music studying with Mark Oswald and a Master’s of Music from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently studying with Matthew Burns as he completes his Doctorate of Musical Arts at University of Memphis. Feeling at home in both metropolitan areas, as well as at his family’s dairy farm, Nathaniel is a native of Enon Valley, Pennsylvania.