Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)
UMS Messiah Soloist Master Class with Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, counter-tenor
The Department of Voice & Opera, in conjunction with the University Musical Society, is pleased to present four separate Master Classes, Friday, December 5, 2025, 10:30am-12:20pm at the Earl V. Moore Building.
Each class will be led by a soloist from this year’s UMS presentation of Handel’s Messiah, each working with four of our SMTD voice students. The master clinicians are Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, counter-tenor; Miles Mykkanen, tenor; and Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone.
All classes are open to the public to come and observe. Class locations are as follows:
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano - McIntosh Theatre
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, counter-tenor - Watkins Lecture Hall
Miles Mykkanen, tenor - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone - Kevreson Rehearsal Hall
GUEST ARTIST BIO
Countertenor ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN brings his “astonishingly beautiful,” “golden toned” (The Guardian) instrument to a broad range of repertoire spanning the Baroque to the contemporary. Acclaimed as both a “young star” and “complete artist” by the New York Times and as “extravagantly gifted… poised to redefine what’s possible for singers of this distinctive voice type” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Mr. Nussbaum Cohen’s passion for creating performances of great vocal beauty and dramatic intensity have earned him a reputation as “a redefining force in the countertenor field” (Limelight).
Mr. Nussbaum Cohen finds a close affinity between the ancient musical traditions of his Jewish heritage and the Baroque works composing much of his operatic repertoire. Equally invigorated performing new works, Nussbaum Cohen’s first commercial recording project – the world premiere of Kenneth Fuchs’ Poems of Life performed with the London Symphony Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta – was honored with a GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Compendium in 2019; and his interpretation of the Refugee’s aria from Jonathan Dove’s Flight provided the centerpiece for his extensive catalogue of competition successes, including winning the Grand Prize at the 2017 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, top prizes in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition and the Dallas Opera Guild Competition, a George and Nora London Foundation Award, the Richard Tucker Study Grant and Career Grant, and in 2024, top prize in the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s International Vocal Competition.
Each class will be led by a soloist from this year’s UMS presentation of Handel’s Messiah, each working with four of our SMTD voice students. The master clinicians are Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, counter-tenor; Miles Mykkanen, tenor; and Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone.
All classes are open to the public to come and observe. Class locations are as follows:
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano - McIntosh Theatre
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, counter-tenor - Watkins Lecture Hall
Miles Mykkanen, tenor - Hankinson Rehearsal Hall
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone - Kevreson Rehearsal Hall
GUEST ARTIST BIO
Countertenor ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN brings his “astonishingly beautiful,” “golden toned” (The Guardian) instrument to a broad range of repertoire spanning the Baroque to the contemporary. Acclaimed as both a “young star” and “complete artist” by the New York Times and as “extravagantly gifted… poised to redefine what’s possible for singers of this distinctive voice type” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Mr. Nussbaum Cohen’s passion for creating performances of great vocal beauty and dramatic intensity have earned him a reputation as “a redefining force in the countertenor field” (Limelight).
Mr. Nussbaum Cohen finds a close affinity between the ancient musical traditions of his Jewish heritage and the Baroque works composing much of his operatic repertoire. Equally invigorated performing new works, Nussbaum Cohen’s first commercial recording project – the world premiere of Kenneth Fuchs’ Poems of Life performed with the London Symphony Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta – was honored with a GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Compendium in 2019; and his interpretation of the Refugee’s aria from Jonathan Dove’s Flight provided the centerpiece for his extensive catalogue of competition successes, including winning the Grand Prize at the 2017 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, top prizes in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition and the Dallas Opera Guild Competition, a George and Nora London Foundation Award, the Richard Tucker Study Grant and Career Grant, and in 2024, top prize in the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s International Vocal Competition.
Cost
- Free - no tickets required
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