Nicholas Chalmers

Nicholas Chalmers studied at the University of Oxford and the Piacenza Conservatoire. He is the founding Artistic Director of Nevill Holt Opera, holds the Fernside Chair of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and is Associate Conductor of the BBC Singers, with whom he made his BBC Proms debut in 2020. He was the conductor of Northern Ireland Opera, where he conducted Tosca, Macbeth, The Flying Dutchman, Salome, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and Powder Her Face. With Nevill Holt Opera, he has conducted The Magic Flute, La bohème, The Turn of the Screw, Carmen, Rigoletto, The Elixir of Love, The Marriage of Figaro, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and La traviata. Other engagements include appearances with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, BBC Concert Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players, China Philharmonic, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.