Minnesota native Erik Nordstrom began the 2025/26 season at the Glimmerglass Festival where he sang Boatman/Charles in Sunday in the Park with George. In September, he returned to Pittsburgh Opera for a role debut as Schaunard in Kristine McIntyre’s production of La Bohème. On the heels of that production, he reprised the role of Hawkins Fuller in Greg Spears’ Fellow Travelers. The rest of the Pittsburgh Opera season features Nordstrom in the roles of The Ferryman in Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River, and Tyson in Laura Kaminsky and Crystal Manich’s world premiere: Time to act. In the Summer of 2026, Erik returns to the Glimmerglass Festival to sing Jud Fry in Francesca Zambello’s new production of Oklahoma! as well as Tommy McIntyre and Hawkins Fuller (cover) in the Kevin Newbury production of Fellow Travelers. In the Fall, Erik will continue his residency with Pittsburgh Opera to sing Marullo in Verdi’s Rigoletto.

Commended for his “indelible and fine-honed baritone,” Nordstrom has garnered success in multiple competitions, including both an encouragement award and a district win from the Metropolitan Opera Dominique and Eric Laffont competition (‘23-‘24), as well as first place in CCM’s Corbett Competition (‘22), and third place in the Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition (‘25). Other Career highlights include the Baritone Soloist in Carmina Burana at Cincinnati’s Music Hall under Conducter Aik Kai Pung.

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