The 2024/25 season sees Nussbaum Cohen make several highly anticipated debuts, including Ismaël in the world premiere of Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek’s adaptation of Fanny and Alexander at La Monnaie de Munt and his Salzburg Festival debut as Olga in Eötvös’ Three Sisters. On the concert platform, Nussbaum Cohen makes his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut in the Mozart’s Coronation Mass, performs Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall and gives performances with Ars Lyrica Houston. This season also sees the release of Nussbaum Cohen’s solo album, Uncharted, on AVIE Records, accompanied by a North American recital tour with pianist John Churchwell with appearances at Vocal Arts DC, Mairs Concert Hall, Dacamera Houston and Carnegie Hall.
Highlights of Nussbaum Cohen’s recent seasons include his acclaimed return to Glyndebourne as the title role in Sir David McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare, his Metropolitan Opera debut as Rosencrantz in the U.S. premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet, Endimione in Cavalli’s La Calisto for the Bayerische Staatsoper, Angel/The Boy in George Benjamin’s Written on Skin for Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sesto Giulio Cesare for Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Christian Spuck’s Monteverdi for Opernhaus Zurich, David Saul for Komische Oper Berlin and Houston Grand Opera, Athamas Semele for Glyndebourne, Oberon Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Adelaide Festival and Medoro Orlando for San Francisco Opera. A prolific concert artist, Nussbaum Cohen has sung Unolfo Rodelinda with the English Concert cond. Bicket, Didymus Theodora with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra cond. Egarr, Hamor Jephtha with Music of the Baroque cond. Glover and the title role Giulio Cesare with the Moscow Philharmonic. Elsewhere Nussbaum Cohen has performed Kenneth Fuchs’ Poems of Life with the London Symphony Orchestra, Ligeti’s Le Grande Macabre with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic cond. Gaffigan, the Chichester Psalms with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Carmina Burana with the Indianapolis Symphony and his debut with Apollo’s Fire for Bach’s Easter Oratorio.
A keen recording artist, his recording of Kenneth Fuchs’ Poems of Life with JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra won a GRAMMY® Award. Elsewhere, Nussbaum Cohen’s discography includes a 2019 solo release of Gluck, Handel, and Vivaldi with Jeffrey Thomas and the American Bach Soloists, and the 2023 release of Bach’s St. John Passion with the Cantata Collective led by Nicholas McGegan, his performance described by Early Music America as a “voice of arresting beauty, singing with the utmost expressiveness and artistry.”
A graduate of Princeton University with degrees in history, vocal performance, and Judaic studies, Nussbaum Cohen continued his training as the first countertenor in the Houston Grand Opera Studio and as a participant in San Francisco Opera’s Merola and Adler Fellowship Programs. Nussbaum Cohen is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize at the 2017 Metropolitan Opera Laffont
Competition, top prizes in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum and the Dallas Opera Guild Competitions, a George and Nora London Foundation Award, the Richard Tucker Study Grant and Career Grant, and top prize in the 2024 Gerda Lissner Foundation’s International Vocal Competition.
