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Nathaniel Peake, tenor

My thoughts and prayers go out to Jerry Hadley.

About Me

Let me know what you think of the rough recording of "En fermant les yeux". I am curious as to what you might think. Be as brutally honest as you would like. Tenor, Nathaniel Peake, hails from Houston, Texas. His academic career had it’s beginning at the University of Houston. Mr. Peake took the stage in concert works as a soloist with several ensembles including the Grammy Nominated University of Houston Wind Ensemble. In the opera house, he was seen performing roles in Puccini’s La Bohéme, Mozart’s Impresario! Impresario! and La Finta Giardiniera, Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman, Janacek’s Katya Kabanova, and Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Music at Michigan State University. Receiving the coveted Cobb Fellowship for studies at Michigan State University, he has traveled extensively performing with College of Music Concert Tours. With the Michigan State Opera Theater, Nathaniel Peake has been seen in the role of Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Pang in Puccini’s Turandot, and Arcadio in the Collegiate and Eastern United States of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas. The Summer of 2007 he performed with Opera North’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff. This Spring, Mr. Peake will be performing the title role of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and this summer he will join the Merola Program in San Francisco.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/21/2006
Band Members: Nathaniel Peake, tenor
Influences: Fritz Wunderlich (my idol), tenor -- Placido Doming, tenor/conductor -- Luciano Pavarotti, tenor -- Nicholai Ghedda, tenor -- Renee Fleming, soprano -- Patryk Wroblewski, baritone -- Debria Brown, mezzo-soprano dramtique -- Franco Corelli, tenor -- Mario Lanza, tenor -- Mario del Monaco, tenor -- Montserrat Caballe, soprano*
Sounds Like: A REVIEW FROM LANSING CITY PULSE: "As Arcadio, the captain’s nephew who yearns to be a pilot and not a mariner, Nathaniel Peake was already flying, reducing his powerful voice to a stratosphere-thin, rarefied shudder." For Full Article: http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/index.php?option=com_content &task=view&id=970&Itemid=31
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