Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts

A. I. Lack Masterclass: Nicole Heaston, Soprano

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

The Moores School of Music welcomes internationally acclaimed operatic soprano, Nicole Heaston, who will present a voice masterclass in Dudley Recital Hall. All are welcome.

Praised by the Houston Chronicle for her “warm supple soprano” and by the New York Times for her “radiant” and “handsomely resonant voice,” soprano Nicole Heaston has appeared with opera companies throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, and the Glyndebourne Festival in England.

Ms. Heaston began the 2022-23 season with the long-awaited world premiere of Mazzoli/Vavrek’s The Listeners at Den Norkse Opera, in which she sang the central role of Claire Devon. She sang Amore in a new production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with San Francisco Opera, later returning to the city for her role debut as Melissa in Handel’s Amadigidi Gaula with Philharmonia Baroque, and also sang performances of Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with Houston Grand Opera.

To learn more about Ms. Heaston and her accomplishments, please visit: www.nicoleheaston.com/bio.

The A.I. Lack Master Series at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music hosts annual masterclasses and recitals by renowned classical performers and educators. Established in memory of Abram I. Lack in 1989, the endowment supports this educational initiative. The series, named after Lack’s daughter, violinist Fredell Lack Eichhorn, who held the C. W. Moores Professor of Violin position at the university for 50 years, offers enriching experiences for students and the Houston community. Past guests include violinists like Pinchas Zukerman and Midori, vocalists like Marilyn Horne, pianists like Christoph Eschenbach, and composers like Philip Glass.