NICOLE TORI AEA
"... Nicole Tori delivers an affecting performance, negotiating difficult passages with vocal ease."
BACKSTAGE
Nicole is a classically trained soprano and Broadway belt enthusiast. She made her international debut in the first Asian tour of The Sound of Music, performing the role of Frau Schmidt in six countries. Most recently, Nicole portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West/Miss Gulch in Westchester Broadway Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz and Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music at Millbrook Playhouse. Other theatre credits include Sweeney Todd at Portland Center Stage, Mama in Fiddler on the Roof, and Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music at the Fox Theatre Atlanta, Wolf Trap, and the Straz Center. Nicole attended New England Conservatory of Music and Wheaton College Conservatory and began her professional singing career performing opera in NYC. Opera credits include Mother in the contemporary opera Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness at La Mama E.T.C., Musetta (La Bohème) with NY Opera Forum and Naiade (Ariadne auf Naxos) with Dell'Arte Opera. Nicole is a NY state certified music teacher and remains active as a soloist, choral ringer, and private voice instructor.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST/MISS GULCH
The Wizard of Oz, Westchester Broadway Theatre
MOTHER ABBESS
The Sound of Music, Millbrook Playhouse
SISTER SOPHIA
The Sound of Music, Theatre of the Stars
Norb Joerder, Director
Starring: Jeanne Lehman, Ed Dixon, Teri Hansen, Burke Moses, Mandy Bruno.
Venues: Fox Theatre Atlanta, Straz Center, Wolf Trap
MAMA
Fiddler on the Roof, Theatre of the Stars
Norb Joerder, Director
Starring: Tom Alan Robbins, Megan McGinnis, Ephie Aardema, Susan Cella, Zal Owen.
Venues: Fox Theatre Atlanta, Sandler Center, Wolf Trap
Richard Stafford, Director
Choreographer: Jonathan Stahl
Donald Birely, director
QUINTET (SOPRANO)
MOTHER
Sweeney Todd, Portland Center Stage
Chris Coleman, Director
Starring: Aloysius Gigl, Michele Ragusa
Calling: An Opera of ForgivenessLa Mama E.T.C. (NYC)
Wickham Boyle, Director