Praised as a “charismatic bass-baritone” with “vocal power,” Nathan Savant is earning recognition for his commanding presence and vocal versatility across traditional and contemporary repertoire. In the summer of 2025, Mr. Savant will join Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist, where he will cover Snug and Theseus in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Milton in the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s This House. He will also appear in the Center Stage concert with the St. Louis Symphony under the baton of Daniela Candillari.

In 2024 and 2022, Mr. Savant was a Resident Artist with Opera North in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he performed Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Marchese d’Obigny in La Traviata, John Styx in Orphée aux enfers, the Wolf and Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods, and Count Monterone in Rigoletto.

In the summer of 2023, he was a Studio Artist with Chautauqua Opera Company, where he covered Escamillo in La tragédie de Carmen and workshopped Rene Orth’s chamber opera Love, Loss and the Century Upon Us.

While a member of the Boston University Opera Institute, Mr. Savant appeared as Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas, Pandolfe in Cendrillon, Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi, Jonathan in Siren Song, and the Baritone in Hydrogen Jukebox.

Additional recent credits include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Marcello in La Bohème, Putnam in If I Were You, Mr. Gobineau in The Medium, the Maestro in Prima la musica e poi le parole, the title role in Der Schauspieldirektor, and Mr. Lister/Karl Marx/Solomon Weil/Voiceover in Elizabeth Cree. He has also performed as the bass soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Albany Symphony as well as the bass soloist in Händel’s Messiah with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers.

Mr. Savant holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M.), Northwestern University (M.M.), and the Boston University Opera Institute (P.D.).

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