Nathan Savant has been praised for being a “charismatic bass-baritone” with “vocal power”. He is currently a Performance Diploma Candidate at Boston University: Opera Institute where he studies with Penelope Bitzas. This season at the Opera Institute, Nathan is scheduled to perform the roles of Jonathan in Siren Song by Jonathan Dove, Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán, and Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.

This summer, as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theater of St. Louis, Nathan will since in the chorus for Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss and sing in the Center Stage Concert with the St. Louis Symphony under the baton of Daniela Candillari. He will also cover the roles of Snug and Count Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten and the role of Milton in the World Premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s opera This House.

Previously, Nathan has spent two summers, 2024 and 2022, as a Resident Artist at Opera North in Lebanon, New Hampshire. While at Opera North, he sang the roles of Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Marchese d’Obigny in Verdi’s La Traviata, John Styx in Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers, Rapunzel’s Prince/Wolf in Sondheim’s Into the Woods, and Count Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto. In summer 2023, Nathan was a Studio Artist at Chautauqua Opera Company where he covered the role of Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen and sang in the Ensemble for Sweeney Todd.

A native of Oakland, CA, Nathan graduated with a masters degree from Northwestern University: Bienen School of Music where he performed the roles of Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème, Putnam in the Midwest premiere of Jake Heggie’s opera If I Were You, and Mr. Gobineau in The Medium. He completed his undergraduate studies at Eastman School of Music where he performed the roles of Maestro in Prima la musica e poi le parole, Der Schauspieldirektor in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Mr. Lister/Karl Marx/Solomon Weil/Voiceover in the filmed version of Kevin Puts’ opera Elizabeth Cree.

Along with singing, Nathan is an avid baseball fan, runner, baker and coffee enthusiast.