UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

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January
​25

Recital "Sweeter than Others"
An evening with A Golden Wire

Nola Richardson, soprano
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Parker Ramsay, harp

Wednesday, January 25 at 8 PM
Zürcher Gallery, 33 Bleecker Street, NY

February
10

Recital "Across the Alps"
Arizona Early Music - Tucson Baroque Music Festival

Avi Stein, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano  
Alana Youssefian and Chloe Fedor, violins  |  Jessica Troy, viola
Michael Untermann, cello  |  John Feeney, bass
Priscilla Herreid and Meg Owens, oboe  |  Nate Helgeson, bassoon

“Across the Alps”
Friday, February 10 at 7:00 pm

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E Adams Street, Tucson, AZ

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February
12

Handel Apollo e Dafne
Arizona Early Music - Tucson Baroque Music Festival

Avi Stein, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano  |  Tyler Duncan, bass
Alana Youssefian and Chloe Fedor, violins  |  Jessica Troy, viola
Michael Untermann, cello  |  John Feeney, bass
Priscilla Herreid and Meg Owens, oboe  |  Nate Helgeson, bassoon

“Apollo and Daphne” — Music of G. F. Handel
Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 pm

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E Adams Street, Tucson, AZ

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February
​16

The Artist as Human
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Sessions

Nola Richardson, soprano
Davóne Tines, Creative Partner
David Belkovski, conductor

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 8:00 p.m.
ODC Theater, San Francisco

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February
18-19

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Boise Baroque Orchestra

Robert Franz, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Logan Tanner, countertenor

Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 2 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Boise, ID

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February 26-
March 5

Handel: Solomon
The English Concert and Clarion Choir

​The English Concert
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor

The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, Artistic Director

Touring dates:

26 February   Auditorio Nacional De Musica, Madrid, Spain
28 February   The Barbican, London, UK
5 March           UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA

March
​9-12

Mozart Requiem
​Virginia Symphony

JoAnne Falletta, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo soprano
Spencer Britten, tenor
Darren Stokes, bass-baritone
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Robert Shoup, concertmaster

Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

Thurs, Mar. 9, 2023 | 7:30PM |CHRYSLER HALL, NORFOLK
Fri, Mar. 10, 2023 | 7:30PM | FERGUSON CENTER, NEWPORT NEWS
Sun, Mar. 12, 2023 | 2:30PM | SANDLER CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH

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March
​24-25

Bononcini La Conversione di Maddalena
Academy of Sacred Drama

Jeremy Rhizor, artistic director

Friday, March 24 at 7:30 PM | Scarsdale NY
Saturday, March 25 at 7:45 PM | NY, NY

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April
2

Bach St. Matthew Passion
Musica Angelica

Martin Hasselbock, conductor

Sunday, April 2 - 3 PM
First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA

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April
​7

Bach St. John Passion (Part II)
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

Friday, April 7 - 7 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran, New York, NY

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April
​9

Bach ​Easter Oratorio
​Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

​Sunday, April 9 - 5 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran, New York, NY

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April
​15

Handel: Messiah
Northside United Methodist Church

Michael Devine, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Maria McDaniel, mezzo soprano
Nathan Munson, tenor
Phillip Bullock, bass

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April
​27-30

From Muffat to Mason​
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

MASON BATES Untitled (world premiere)
SCHMELZER Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinandi III
BIBER Mensa Sonora Pars III in A minor, C 71
MUFFAT Missa in labore requies

Richard Egarr, conductor
Maya Kherani, soprano
Nola Richardson, soprano
Siman Chung, countertenor
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Spencer Britten, tenor
James Reese, tenor
Cody Quattlebaum, bass-baritone
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale

Thursday, April 27, 8:00 p.m. | Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Friday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. | Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Saturday, April 29, 8:00 p.m. | First Church, Berkeley
Sunday, April 30, 4:00 p.m. | First Church, Berkeley

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June
​4-11

Desmarest Circé
Boston Early Music Festival

2023 Centerpiece Opera: Circé
Music by Henry Desmarest (1661–1741)
Libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge (1650–1718)

​Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 3:30pm
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 7pm
Friday, June 9, 2023 at 7pm
Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 3:30pm
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA

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June
​10
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Caccini Alcina
Boston Early Music Festival

2023 Chamber Opera: Alcina
Music by Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641)
Libretto by Ferdinando Saracinelli (d. 1640)​

Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8pm
NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston

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June
​23-25

Caccini Alcina
Boston Early Music Festival

Berkshire Tour
2023 Chamber Opera: Alcina
Music by Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641)
Libretto by Ferdinando Saracinelli (d. 1640)​

Thursday, June 23, 2023
Friday June 24, 2023
Great Barrington, NY

Saturday, June 25, 2023
Katonah, NY

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Highlighted Past Events

2023
  • Soloist and Chorister, Rachmaninoff ​St. John Chrysostom; Clarion - Steven Fox; New York, NY
  • Recording, Rachmaninoff ​St. John Chrysostom; Clarion - Steven Fox; New York, NY
  • ​Soloist, BWV 1; Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity - Anthony Blake Clark; New York, NY

2022
  • Soloist, Bach St. John Passion; Cantata Collective - Nicholas McGegan; Berkeley, CA
  • Soloist, "Passion and Joy"; American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, ​Jose Mauricio Nuñez Garcia Requiem; St. John the DIvine - Bryan Zaros; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Bach St. Matthew Passion; Portland Symphony Orchestra - Eckhart Preu; Portland, ME
  • Soloist, Bach Easter Oratorio; Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity - Malcolm Merriwether; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Haydn The Creation; Akron Symphony - Christoper Wilkins; Akron, OH
  • Soloist, Orff Carmina Burana; Master Chorale of South Florida - Brett Karlin; Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Soloist, BWV 51; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO
  • Soloist, Mozart Requiem; Baltimore Choral Arts Society - Anthony Blake Clark; Baltimore, MD
  • Soloist, Neustadter, Memory of Water (PREMIERE) - Yale Choral Artists - Jeffrey Douma; New Haven, CT
  • ​Recording, Desmarest, Circé - Boston Early Music Festival - O'Dette/Stubbs; Bremen, Germany
  • Soloist, Oquin, Reflections on Four Psalms (PREMIERE) - Transept - David Gier, Sioux Falls, SD
  • Recital, "Music in the Court of Louis XIV" - ​Aspect Chamber Music Series - New York, NY​​
  • Soloist and Chorister, Bach Cantatas - Trinity Wall Street = Avi Stein; Montreal, QC, New York, NY
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Love : War" - Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Miami, FL
  • ​Soloist, BWV 62; Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity - Anthony Blake Clark; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; Helena Sympony - Allen R. Scott; Helena, MT
  • Soloist, Bach Christmas Oratorio IV-VI; The Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Christopher Jackson; Allentown, PA
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver and Fort Collins, CO​
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; Musica Sacra - Kent Tritle; Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

2021
  • Soloist, Virtual Concert; Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Virtual Concert; Musica Angelica - Martin Hasselboeck; Los Angeles, CA
  • Soloist, "In the Key of Bach" (Concert and Documentary); Atlanta Symphony - Robert Spano; Atlanta, GA
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Mozart and Monteverdi"; Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Miami, FL
  • ​Soloist, "Bach at Noon" (Bach, Pergolesi, Vivaldi); Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Bethlehem, PA
  • Apolo, Durón's Apolo e Dafne, Sonnambula - James Kennerley, Elena Araoz; New York, NY
  • Soloist, "The Garden of Harmony" American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, BWV 51, Blue Hill Bach Festival - Blue Hill, ME 
  • Pleasure, Wollust, "Bach, Handel, and Hercules"; Ars Lyrica Houston - Matthew Dirst; Houston, TX
  • Soloist, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; ​Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Bethlehem, PA
  • Soloist, Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate; The Grand Rapids Symphony - Marcelo Lehninger; Grand Rapids, MI
  • Soloist, Fauré's Requiem; Cantori/The Death of Classical - Mark Shapiro; Brooklyn, NY
  • Soloist, "Basically Bach"; Musica Sacra - Kent Tritle; New York, NY
  • Soloist, "Return, Renew, Rejoice: Gala Concert"; The English Concert - Harry Bicket; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; Kansas City Symphony - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Kansas City, MO
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA​

2020
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Baroque Spectacular"; Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Mineola Chorale Society - Thomas Jones; Mineola, NY
  • Soloist, "The Well-Caffeinated Clavier", Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Richard Egarr; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist and Chorister. Bach's B Minor Mass; Spire Chamber Ensemble - Ben Spaulding; Kansas City, MO
  • Soloist, BWV 132; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Season S"; Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Virtual Performance
  • Soloist, BWV 10, Holy Trinity Lutheran Bach Virtual Vespers - Diane Meredith Belcher; NYC, NY
  • Soloist, Scarlatti "Christmas Cantata" and Handel Gloria; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Live-streamed
  • Soloist, "Opening up our Hearts"; Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Virtual Performance
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Joy of Christmas"; Cathedral Choral Society - Steven Fox; Virtual Performance

2019
  • Fraarte, Handel's Radamisto, Opera Lafayette - Ryan Brown, Sean Curran; Kennedy Center; Hunter College, NY
  • Recital, "Nola Richardson Performs Bach and Handel", with The American Bach Soloists; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, "Favorite Cantatas", The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Chorister, "Byrd, Whitacre, and Taverner", Musica Sacra - Kent Tritle; New York, NY
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Timeless Bach"; The American Classical Orchestra - Thomas Crawford; Lincoln Center
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Korean Choral Treasures"; Seraphic Fire - EJ Yoon; Miami, FL
  • First Prize, Keller Bach Distinguished Musician Award, Grand Rapids Bach Festival; Grand Rapids, MI
  • Soloist, Bach's Mass in A Major, Grand Rapids Symphony ​- Julian Wachner; Grand Rapids, MI
  • Chorister, Handel's Semele; The English Concert - Harry Bicket; International tour (Barbican, Carnegie)
  • Soloist, Bach's St. John Passion; Saint Peter's Bach Collegium - Balint Karosi; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Haydn's The Creation; Master Chorale of South Florida - Brett Karlin; Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Euridice/Proserpina, Monteverdi's Orfeo; Baroque Chamber Orchestra of CO - Stephen Stubbs; Denver, CO
  • Anima, Cavallieri's Rappresentatione del Anima e del Corpo; St. Peter's Lutheran - Balint Karosi; NY. NY
  • Virginia Best Adams Masterclass Fellow, Carmel Bach Festival
  • Soloist and TENET ensemble member, “Hilary Hahn: Bach Under the Stars”; Skaneateles Music Festival, NY
  • Guest Soloist with Seraphic Fire for BWV 106, Aspen Music Festival - Robert Spano, Aspen, CO
  • Recital, "American Music from 1750-1940", Light and Shadow - pianist, Trevor Stephenson, Madison, WI; MI
  • Soloist and Chorister, "The Boys of '85", Bach Akademie Charlotte - Scott Jarrett; Iowa City, IA; Charlotte, NC
  • Soloist and Chorister, Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum; Seraphic Fire - PD Quigley; FL and IN
  • Angelo, Gianettini’s L’Uomo in Bivio, Academy of Sacred Drama - Jeremy Rhizor; NY, NY
  • Soloist, “Noel”, American Classical Orchestra - Thomas Crawford; NY, NY
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Osmo Vänskä; Pittsburgh, PA
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver and Fort Collins, CO
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Seattle Symphony - Matthew Halls; Seattle, WA

2018
  • Recital, "Concerts at the Palazzo", with Paul Sullivan; Blue Hill, ME
  • Recital, "Songs of Solitude and Longing" with Yevgeny Yontov; New Haven and Norwalk, CT
  • Soloist and Chorister, "St. Matthew Passion"; Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupre Quigley; Miami, FL
  • Belinda, Dido and Aeneas, and "Coffee Cantata"; Madison Bach Musicians - Trevor Stephenson; Madison, WI
  • Soloist and Chorister, Bach Mass in B Minor; Yale Alumni Chorus - Masaaki Suzuki; New Haven, CT
  • First Prize, Audrey Rooney Bach Competition; Lexington, KY
  • Recital, "For Whom the Trumpet Tolls" with Josh Cohen and ACRONYM; Washington, DC
  • Soloist and Chorister, Haydn's Harmoniemesse; Clarion - Steven Fox; New York, NY
  • Guest Soloist, Bach Mass in B Minor; Blue Hill Bach Festival; Blue Hill, ME
  • Guest Soloist and Chorister with Seraphic Fire at the Aspen Music Festival; Aspen, CO
  • Soloist, "Sparkle 2018: Versailles"; Annual Gala for American Bach Soloists; SF, CA
  • Soloist, "The Parting of the Re(e)d Sea"; Academy of Sacred Drama; NY, NY
  • Soloist, "Bach for the Holidays"; Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado; Denver, CO
  • Soloist, "Joy to the World: A Christmas Suite"; Monmouth Civic Chorus - Ryan Brandeau; Red Bank, NJ

2017
  • Soloist, "A Weekend in Paris"; The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Erste Dame, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Clarion - Steven Fox and Alain Gauthier; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Coffee Cantata BWV 211; Mountainside Baroque - Nordstrom and Mullaney; Cumberland, MD
  • Soloist, St. Matthew Passion and Messiah; Messiah Festival of the Arts - Mark Lucas; Lindsborg, KS
  • Soloist, Handel's La Resurrezione; The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Stern Vocal Fellow, Songfest; Los Angeles, CA
  • Guest Soloist, Bach Mass in F; Blue Hill Bach Festival; Blue Hill, ME
  • Guest Soloist, Handel Apollo e Dafne; Bay Chamber Concerts Screen Door Festival; Rockport, ME
  • Chorister, 150 Psalms Project; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Netherlands
  • Finalist, International Baroque Singing Competition of Froville, France
  • ​Soloist, BWV 68; The Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Bethlehem, PA
  • Soloist, Handel Dixit Dominus, BWV 14; The Baltimore Choral Arts Society - Anthony Blake Clark; Baltimore, MD
  • Chorister, 150 Psalms Project; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Lincoln Center White Lights Festival; NY, NY
  • Soloist, C.P.E. Bach Magnificat; American Classical Orchestra - Thomas Crawford; NY, NY
  • Soloist, Handel Messiah; Colorado Symphony Orchestra - Brett Mitchell; Denver, CO
  • Soloist, Handel Messiah; ​Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO

2016
  • Soloist, Arvo Pärt Passio; Yale Schola Cantorum - David Hill; New York, NY, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga
  • Soloist, BWV 10; Yale Schola Cantorum - Matthew Halls; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist, Haydn Creation; Yale Glee Club - Jeffrey Douma; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610; Yale Schola Cantorum - David Hill; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist, Stravinsky Les Noces; Yale Camerata - Marguerite Brooks; New Haven, CT
  • First Prize, 2016 American Bach Society Competition; Bethlehem, PA
  • Third Prize and Audience Favorite, 2016 Handel Aria Competition; Madison, WI
  • Guest Soloist, Blue Hill Bach Festival; Blue Hill, ME
  • Guest Soloist, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT
  • Soloist, World Premiere of Ezra Laderman's Voices: New Music New Haven - Chris Theofanidis; New Haven, CT
  • Chorister, Steinberg Passion Week; Clarion - Steven Fox; St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
  • Soloist, Beethoven Missa Solemnis; Chorus Pro Musica - Jamie Kirsch; Boston, MA
  • Soloist, Mendelssohn Elijah; Oratorio Chorale - Emily Isaacson; Portland, ME
  • Soloist, Bach B Minor Mass; Master Chorale of South Florida - Brett Karlin; Fort Lauderdale, Miami, FL
  • Soloist, Bach Magnificat, Vivaldi Gloria; New Dominion Chorale - Thomas Beveridge; Arlington, VA
  • Soloist, Handel Messiah; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO

2015
  • Soloist, Handel Acis and Galatea; The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, Charpentier and Couperin Tenebrae settings; Les Délices - Debra Nagy; Cleveland, OH
  • Soloist and Chorister, World Premiere of William's O Brother Man; Yale Schola Cantorum; NY, UK/France tour
  • Soloist, "Simply Sondheim" Review; Boston Pops - Keith Lockhart; Boston, MA
  • Vocal Fellow, Tanglewood; Program led by Dawn Upshaw; Lennox, MA
  • Soloist and Chorister, Bach Lutheran Masses; Yale Schola Cantorum - Masaaki Suzuki, New York, NY
  • Soloist, Handel Dixit Dominus; Yale SC - David Hill; National Collegiate Choral Conference, Portland, OR

2014
  • Recital, Academy Art Museum Music at Noon Series; Easton, MD
  • Soloist, Bach St. John Passion; Bach in Baltimore Series, Baltimore, MD
  • Soloist, Vivaldi Gloria; Champlain Valley Chorale - Karen Becker; Plattsburgh, NY
  • Soloist, BWV 51, Scarlatti Su le Sponde; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore, MD
  • Soloist and Chorister, Zelenka Missa Dei Patris; Yale Schola Cantorum - Masaaki Suzuki; NY, NY, Boston, MA
  • Soloist, Bach Magnificat, BWV 51, Baltimore Choral Arts - Tom Hall; New Haven, CT
  • Recital, "Madrigals and More"; Yale Voxtet - Nicholas McGegan; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist and Chorister, Music of Charpentier; Yale Schola Cantorum - Simon Carrington; New Haven, CT