A star in the making…exquisitely
artful…
The Sunday Times (London)
...an artist who must be heard.
National Public Radio
...the ravishing beauty of
his tone lingered in the ear.
Chicago Sun-Times
...vocally and dramatically at the level
of the finest international artists.
Chicago Sun-Times
An uncommonly dulcet lyric tenor…
Chicago Tribune
...a bright, confident tenor…
The Financial Times
The young American tenor possesses a lyric
instrument of exceptional quality…
Opera News
The artist behind the voice takes
complete possession of the music…
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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NY TIMES REVIEWS ALL-STRAVINSKY CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL
“...The tenor Nicholas Phan and the soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird sang with flair as the two lovers in this lively piece of musical theater, composed in 1922, when Stravinsky realized he would not live again in Russia…”
THE CLASSICAL REVIEW RAVES ABOUT ‘WINTER WORDS’
“...Announcing a remarkable young talent to watch, Phan’s debut has ‘award winner’ stamped through it in every phrase and note.”
BAY AREA REPORTER: NICHOLAS “BORN TO SING BRITTEN”
“...what this CD reveals is his capacity to reveal the worm in the apple, the bee in the flower, the spot on the dress without once having to abandon the bittersweet beauty that suffuses these songs. With the sole exception of the concluding folk song, “The Ploughboy,” which functions like an encore on the disc but also showcases the composer’s capacity for real, light-hearted fun, this is material, and singing, that bothers you in ways that matter…”
