Baritone Christòpheren Nomura has emerged at the forefront of the new generation of American singers. Since making his New York City debut, he has performed throughout the world, recently hailed as one of classical music's "rising stars" by the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Nomura has earned a prominent place on the operatic, concert and recital stages. In the realm of opera, Mr. Nomura is a noted Mozartean, known for his portrayals of Don Giovanni, Papageno in The Magic Flute, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro and Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte. He has sung Don Giovanni with the New Hampshire Music Festival and New York Chamber Symphony; Papageno for his debut with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Cosi fan tutte for his Hawaii Opera debut and the count in Figaro for his Opera Carolina debut. He has likewise had a strong association with Puccini's Madama Butterfly. He was Prince Yamadori in the 1995 SONY film of Butterfly co-directed by Martin Scorsese and Frédéric Mitterand, conducted by James Conlon. He sang Yamadori for his Boston Symphony debut under Seiji Ozawa and the Imperial Commissioner for his debut with Dallas Opera. He sang both of these roles for his Cincinnati Opera debut. He sang Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia for his debut with the Skylight Opera of Milwaukee, returning as Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor. He sang Enrico for his El Paso Opera debut, Malatesta in Don Pasquale for his Opera Idaho debut and again for his Seattle Opera debut in 2003. He sang his first Dandini in Rossini's La Cenerentola for his debut with Lake George Opera.

Christòpheren Nomura has appeared with many of the prominent North American orchestras, in wide-ranging repertoire. He has appeared with the Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Vancouver Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony and the BostonPops performing under internationally renowned conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon, Sergiu Comissiona, Roger Norrington, Christopher Hogwood, Ton Koopman, Bruno Weil Andrew Parrott and Martin Pearlman. 2005 brought debuts with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony in Mozart's Mass in C Minor under Nicholas McGegan, McGegan's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik and Symphony Nova Scotia in Handel's Messiah, the Charlotte Symphony in the Brahms Requiem under Christof Perick and the Binghamton Philharmonic. This fall he will open the Pacific Symphony Orchestra's season in their new hall singing the title role in the premiere of Philip Glass' The Passion of Rama Krishna, conducted by Carl St. Clair. The season brings debuts with the Balitmore Symphony under Louis Langrée, North Carolina Symphony under Grant Llewellyn and the Annapolis Symphony under Jos- Luis Novo.

A noted Bach specialist, Christòpheren Nomura has been a frequent performer with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, the Carmel Bach Festival, Baldwin-Wallace Bach Festival, Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Baroque and the Berkshire Choral Festival. He has performed with Apollo's Fire, Tafelmusik and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. His collaborations with such ensembles as the S'Kampa, Boromeo and St. Lawrence String Quartets and pianists Martin Katz, Dalton Baldwin, Charles Wadsworth, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and William Bolcom have brought him to the leading American Chamber Music Festivals in including Santa Fe, Marlboro, Tanglewood, La Jolla, Spoleto, Music @ Menlo and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Known for his deep commitment to the art of the recital, he has given more than 250 recitals throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. He has appeared at Lincoln Center, the "Making Music" series at Carnegie Hall, the Bank of America Celebrity Series in Boston, the Rising Stars Series at Ravinia, the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and the Vancouver Recital Society, frequently combining performances with in-depth residencies to introduce new audiences to classical vocal music. He was Artist-In-Residence with San Francisco Performances for four seasons, culminating in June 2005 with a duo recital with soprano Harolyn Blackwell. This program was presented at the Carlsen Center outside Kansas City in spring 2006.

Among other notable performances, he was invited to sing Bernstein's Mass at the Vatican for the "Jubilee Year," in 2000 performing before an audience of 15,000 in the Salla Nervi, simulcast to some 200,000 people in Vatican Square.

Christòpheren Nomura's discography includes recordings on the Sony, Dorian, Teldec, London, Denon, TDK and L'oiseau Lyre labels. His recording of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 on Telarc was nominated for a Grammy (Best Classical Ensemble Recording). He recorded Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin for Well-Tempered Productions and Never Broken a solo recording of contemporary compositions released in 2004 by Center Stage Records. All Is Bright with Grant Llewellyn and the Handel and Haydn Society was released in December 2005, debuting on the Billboard classical charts at No. 8 and named Musicweb International's "Recording of the Month."

Mr. Nomura has been the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions including a four-year Fulbright Grant in to study with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey and Gérard Souzay. He was winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions as well as the Naumburg, United States Information Agency Music Ambassadors and the Marilyn Horne Foundation competitions. Holds a Masters degree and Artists Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music.