Hailing from Philadelphia, PA, Tenor Nicholas Houhoulis (MARCO) is fast becoming regarded as an excellent interpreter of operatic character repertoire. Mr. Houhoulis is excited to be making his Young Victorian Theatre debut this summer. This past season he participated in the choruses of both the Washington National Opera (La Bohéme, Der Fliegende Holländer) and the Baltimore Opera Company (Maria Stuarda, Madama Butterfly).

     In the 2006-2007 season, he was seen as Number 5 in the Maryland Opera Studio production of Conrad Susa’s Transformations and as Schmidt in Werther. 2006 saw Nicholas’ professional operatic debut as Tybalt in Cleveland Opera’s production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Previous MOS appearances include Rodolfo in La Bohéme, The Prologue/Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, and Cochenille/Pitichinaccio in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and the Duke of Mantua in scenes from Rigoletto. In 2004, Nicholas created the roles of Ludwig Schumann in the world premier of Clara, and Eun-Jae in the workshop premier of Ssibaji. With Westminster Opera Theater (Princeton, NJ), he appeared as Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors and as Brack Weaver in Down in the Valley.

     For 3 seasons, he was featured as a member of the Westminster Choir with Spoleto Festival USA, where he performed under the direction of Christopher Alden, Jonathan Eaton, and Chen Shi-Zeng and the batons of Julius Rudel, Yves Abel, and Emmanuel Villaume. Past productions with Spoleto USA include Dido and Aeneas, Manon Lescaut, Iphigénie en Tauride, Luisa Miller, Il Tabarro,and the U.S. Premier of Kurt Weill’s Die Bürgschaft.

     Nicholas has been a guest soloist with the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra, Masterwork Chorus and Orchestra of New Jersey, and the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro James Ross. In November of 2005, Nicholas was also featured in recital to a national and Canadian audience live on XM Satellite Radio. He has studied voice with both Elem Eley and Dominic Cossa, and has coached with Dalton Baldwin, J.J. Penna, José Melendez, Miah Im, Jeffrey Watson, and the late Charles Reiker. Currently, Mr. Houhoulis studies with world renowned performer and teacher Gran Wilson, and resides in Baltimore, Maryland.