Nicholas Kelliher is an early-career countertenor, originally from Long Island, New York. He most recently sang the role of Orpheus Double in Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice at Boston Lyric Opera (February 2024) and was a principal cover at Santa Fe Opera for the role of Jonathan in in Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s The Righteous (summer 2024). Nicholas sang the role of Mago in Louisa Proske’s acclaimed production of Rinaldo at the 2023 Glimmerglass Festival, where he was an apprentice artist. Nicholas performs frequently in contemporary operas, through the new-works division of companies including the Metropolitan Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and Los Angeles Opera; roles have included Elise Traynor in Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Lincoln in the Bardo and Man Under the Arch in Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce’s The Hours. He was a 2022 semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, from which he also received the 2023 Education Grant. Nicholas covered Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Des Moines Metro Opera as an apprentice artist. He is a student of internationally renowned soprano Carol Vaness.