Nicholas Carthy

Nicholas Carthy

Piano

NICHOLAS CARTHY (Music Director/Conductor) is now in his 19th season with Eklund Opera. He studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He served as musical assistant to Bernard Haitink and Sir Georg Solti at the Salzburg Festival and to Daniel Barenboim in Paris, Chicago and Bayreuth. Carthy has conducted opera productions in Vienna, Salzburg, Oslo, Stockholm, Winterthur, Milan, Rome, Naples, Bonn, Eugene and Tel Aviv. He has conducted orchestras, including the Colorado Symphony, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Orchestra RAI di Torino, Orchestra San Carlo di Napoli and the Accademia Filarmonica Roma. As a collaborative pianist he has performed in many of the world’s great halls, including Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Musikverein Vienna. He is music director of the Helgeland Sinfonietta and the Toppen International Summer School in Norway. He is well known for his public lectures at the University of Colorado and beyond, and is occasionally heard on the radio, spreading around his uncurbable enthusiasm for music and history.

Shows Featuring

Faculty Tuesdays

Faculty Tuesdays

Tue Mar 24, 2026
The Cunning Little Vixen

The Cunning Little Vixen

Thu Apr 16 - Sun Apr 19, 2026 | 7:30 PM
The Merry Widow (2017)

The Merry Widow (2017)

Fri Oct 27 - Sun Oct 29, 2017
Opera Brown Bag

Opera Brown Bag

Wed Mar 13, 2019
Eugene Onegin (2019)

Eugene Onegin (2019)

Fri Mar 15 - Sun Mar 17, 2019
Opera Brown Bag

Opera Brown Bag

Wed Nov 13, 2019
Opera Brown Bag (2020)

Opera Brown Bag (2020)

Wed Mar 11, 2020
Opera Brown Bag [canceled]

Opera Brown Bag [canceled]

Wed Apr 22, 2020
 Agrippina

Agrippina

Fri May 14 - Fri Jun 04, 2021
La Traviata

La Traviata

Fri Oct 22 - Sun Oct 24, 2021
Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls

Fri Mar 11 - Sun Mar 13, 2022
CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW)

CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW)

Fri Jun 16 - Sun Jun 18, 2023
Falstaff

Falstaff

Fri Oct 27 - Sun Oct 29, 2023
Titanic, The Musical

Titanic, The Musical

Fri Mar 15 - Sun Mar 17, 2024
Opera Sneak Peek

Opera Sneak Peek

Wed Apr 24, 2024
American Stories by American Women

American Stories by American Women

Thu Apr 25 - Sun Apr 28, 2024
Opera Sneak Peek

Opera Sneak Peek

Wed Oct 23, 2024
Opera Sneak Peek

Opera Sneak Peek

Wed Mar 12, 2025
Opera Sneak Peek

Opera Sneak Peek

Wed Oct 22, 2025
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