Mexican-Lebanese-American soprano Marlen Nahhas has been described as an “Impassioned soprano” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “A soprano of power and grace” (Naples Daily News). Highlights of her 24/25 season include a debut with North Carolina Opera in Florencia en el Amazonas (Rosalba) conducted by Joseph Mechavich and directed by John Hoomes and return to Eureka Chamber Music for A Taste of México. Last season she made her debut with Chattanooga Symphony & Opera in La bohème (Musetta) and Eureka Chamber Music for A Taste of México.
Additional recent engagements include debuts with the American Symphony Orchestra in Daphne (Erste Magd), El Paso Opera in La traviata (Violetta), Opera Ithaca for Hansel and Gretel (Gretel) and Virginia Opera in La bohème (Musetta), a role she has performed with Opera Naples and Finger Lakes Opera, Detroit Opera for Frida (Cristina Kahlo) and La bohème (Mimì), Cincinnati Opera for La bohème (Mimì cover) and Pirates of Penzance (Edith), and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival for Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa cover).
Ms. Nahhas recently completed the Cafritz Young Artists program with Washington National Opera and was seen in The Magic Flute (Pamina), La traviata (Violetta) directed by Francesca Zambello, Tesori’s The Lion, The Unicorn and Me (Flamingo), The Consul (Foreign Woman), the world premiere of Sankaram’s Taking Up Serpents (Queer Kid), and a Concert of Comedic Masterpieces under the baton of Maestro Joseph Coloneri. Marlen was also an Apprentice Artist at The Santa Fe Opera where she covered in Le nozze di Figaro (Countess).
Orchestral credits include the National Symphony Orchestra in excerpts from La bohème (Mimì) conducted by NSO music director Maestro Gianandrea Noseda and Kansas City Symphony for excerpts from Le nozze di Figaro (Susanna). Marlen was a member of the Merola Opera program at the San Francisco Opera Center where she performed scenes from Il tabarro, Don Giovanni, Don Carlo, and La rondine in the Schwabacher and Grand Finale concerts. She was also an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera where she covered roles in Tosca (title role) and Così fan tutte (Fiordiligi). Additional performing experience includes Madama Butterfly (title role) and Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde).
Ms. Nahhas was a National Semi-Finalist in The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (née National Council Auditions) and a graduate of Oklahoma City University and Indiana University.
AUGUST 2024
