Nathan Baer (Bass) took on his first operatic role as Crespel
in
The Tales of Hoffmann under the baton of David Effron with the Janiec
Opera Company at Brevard Music Center. Some other notables are:
Ptolemy in
Julius Caesar, Eric in Sandstrom's Jeppe, Sparafucile in
Rigoletto, Colline in La Boheme, Victor in Jorge Martin’s Stronger than
Darkness
, Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Figaro in Le Nozze
di Figaro
, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Escamillo in Carmen,
Gremin in
Eugene Onegin, and the Iceman in Eric Salzman’s The True
Last Words of Dutch Schultz
.

Nathan’s musical theatre credits include: Sondheim's
Into the Woods
as Narrator/Mysterious Man, the National Tour of Lloyd Weber’s Jesus
Christ Superstar
as Caiaphas, and the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan’s
Mikado.  He is equally at home in straight theatre and such a role of
note was Death in Hugo Distler’s
Toten Tanz.

Nahtan Baer has soloed, to great acclaim, in Haydn’s Lord Nelson
Mass, Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth, and Berlioz’s Romeo and
Juliette as Friar Laurence under David Bowden with the Columbus
Indiana Philharmonic.  Two exciting operatic roles written for and
premiered by Nathan Baer are: Barabbas in Robert Samel’s Pilatus,
and Cassander in Matthew Pittsinger’s Alexander.

In November of 2007, Mr. Baer was chosen as one of the winners on
the Eastern/New York City District of the Metropolitan National Council
competition.

For the 2008 - 2009 Season, Nathan will be performing the ‘Four Villains’
as part of Vertical Player Repertory Opera’s production of Offenbach’s
Les Contes d’Offmann and will sing the roles of Il Commndatore in Don
Giovanni,
Méphistophélès  in Gounod's Faust both with Opera
Manhattan.