Nyle Wolfe
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Nyle Wolfe trained as a singer at the Cork School of Music and the Leinster school of Music & Drama
Dublin. He graduated from The Royal Academy of Music
London
with the conservatory
's highest academic award and won a scholarship
to complete his studies at the Zurich Opera House
. He has performed various leading lyric baritone roles in opera
s, as well as a leading parts in musical
s and operetta
s. Although he is first and foremost a classical opera singer, he has sung and recorded in many differing musical styles. His first solo album Moodswings was released in Ireland in 2007.
, Hampshire
, he attended Springhill RC primary school, St. Mary's College and Richard Taunton College. He sang his first concert as a boy scout
at the age of six, singing "White Christmas
" and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
. Throughout his school years, he was an active participant in musical and theatrical productions including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
, Oliver!
and The Royal Hunt of the Sun
. He came to public attention with the Southampton Operatic Society
in the title role of Gilbert and Sullivan
's The Mikado
. With the amateur company he also sang The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance
and Private Willis in Iolanthe
. He returned to Cork with his parents and siblings in 1988. His brother Declan Wolfe is a presenter with Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann
(RTÉ). Declan and Careen Wolfe run one of Cork's most successful drama schools. A second brother, Aaron Wolfe, is a writer whose works have been perfored in the Cork Opera House
and the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
In Cork, Nyle met opera singer and impresario John O'Flynn through an advertisement in the Cork Examiner, headed "Sing and Get Paid for it!" Mr. O'Flynn was artistic director of the Irish Operatic Repertory Company. Nyle was engaged as a member of the chorus and the Young Singer programme, supported by Foras Áiseanna Saothair
(FAS).
He made his professional debut at the Fir Grove Hotel in Mitchelstown, County Cork, singing the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor
together with Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan. His first appearance at Cork Opera House took place early in 1991 as a flunkey in The Student Prince
. Over the next 18 months, Nyle developed his vocal abilities under the careful tutelage of John O'Flynn before the FAS scheme ended. Over the following summer, Nyle worked as a Blue Coat
in Pontin's
Trabolgan Holiday Village where he was able to guest star with several of Ireland's leading performers of the time, including Joe Mac and Sonny Knowles
. Nyle was approached by researchers from RTÉ, which led to his first television appearance on Gerry Ryan
's Secrets, singing "Over the Rainbow
".
, Knappogue and Dunguaire Castles. He sang at the Rose of Tralee
International Festival at the Dome to several million television viewers world wide. At the Rose Festival, he met Mr Gay Byrne
. He later sang the role of The Pirate King in the live broadcast of The Pirates of Penzance on The Gay Byrne Show and songs from Oklahoma!
and The Gondoliers
on The Late Late Show
. Thanks to financial support from Shannon Heritage, Nyle moved to Dublin to further his opera studies at the Leinster Opera Studio with Dr Veronica Dunne. During this time, he sang at the Galway Arts Festival
. He won opera solo, duet and music theatre competitions at the Centenary Feis Ceoil
and was invited to sing with Rathmines & Rathgar and Glasnevin Musical Societies. He sang the role of Morales in Bernadette Greevy
's production of Carmen
in the National Concert Hall
and Second Armed Man in the then Dublin Grand Opera Society's production of The Magic Flute
. He met and sang for former President Mary Robinson
, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
and at the West Belfast Arts Festival, Gerry Adams
. He also sang in many concerts and recitals for RTÉ programmes for producers Kevin Hough and Jane Carty.
Nyle completed two years postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music in 1998, where he graduated summa cum laude. During this time, he travelled to Ireland to sing, most notably La bohème
in Cork Opera House, La traviata
in the National Concert Hall and The Merry Widow
in University Concert Hall, Limerick. Performances in the UK included Don Giovanni
in Cambridge and Albert Herring
and Le rossignol
in London, as well as concerts for Queen Elizabeth II, her family and members of the British Parliament. In competition, Nyle won the Mary Garden
International Singing Competition in Aberdeen, the 3FM Prize in the inaugural Veronica Dunne Singing Competition and was finalist in the Scottish Opera
singing Competition.
Nyle was approached by Brian Dickie to sing Don Pedro in Béatrice et Bénédict
in Baden-Baden
and Paris with European Opera. He returned to Dublin once more to sing in Salome
and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
with the newly renamed Opera Ireland. A year of final study followed in Switzerland at the Zurich Opera House where he sang Baculus in Der Wildschütz
.
, Gelsenkirchen
. In Gelsenkirchen, he sang hundreds of performances, highlights included Dandini in La Cenerentola
, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore
, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte
, Figaro in The Barber of Seville
and in the German premiere of Roland Moser's Avatar. At the Ruhrtriennale
Festival he sang the world premiere of Alexander Mullenbach
's Die Todesbrücke which was revived at the Théâtre National de Luxemburg. Nyle was also guest with other opera companies, including Opera Ireland for the Irish premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage
's The Silver Tassie and in Cologne in La finta giardiniera
. Nyle was featured in American musical in productions of Kiss Me, Kate
, Crazy for You
and Cy Coleman
's The Life
as well as popular repertoire with concerts of music associated with artists such as Frank Sinatra
, Elvis Presley
and The Blues Brothers
.
In November 2006, Nyle returned to Cork Opera House as Figaro in Rossini's Barber of Seville with Opera 2005, the production was nominated for a theatre award by The Irish Times
.
During 2007, Nyle moved home to Ireland to concentrate on a new project. Together with his long time collaborator David Wray and Mark McCabe
, they produced Nyle's first commercial solo recording, Moodswings. An Irish national tour followed. In 2008, Nyle will continue to tour with his band with concerts planned in Ireland at the National Concert Hall and America.
Leinster School of Music & Drama
The Leinster School of Music & Drama provides tuition and examinations in music and drama throughout Ireland."She beckoned to him with her finger like one preparing a certificate in pianoforte...at the Leinster School of Music." -History:...
Dublin. He graduated from The Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
with the conservatory
Music school
The term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music.Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department or conservatory.Music instruction can be provided...
's highest academic award and won a scholarship
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
to complete his studies at the Zurich Opera House
Zurich Opera House
Opernhaus Zürich is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zurich. It has been the home of the Zurich Opera since 1891.- History :...
. He has performed various leading lyric baritone roles in opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s, as well as a leading parts in musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
s and operetta
Operetta
Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...
s. Although he is first and foremost a classical opera singer, he has sung and recorded in many differing musical styles. His first solo album Moodswings was released in Ireland in 2007.
Family and early career
Nyle Wolfe is the eldest of six children. Educated in SouthamptonSouthampton
Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, he attended Springhill RC primary school, St. Mary's College and Richard Taunton College. He sang his first concert as a boy scout
Boy Scout
A Scout is a boy or a girl, usually 11 to 18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. Because of the large age and development span, many Scouting associations have split this age group into a junior and a senior section...
at the age of six, singing "White Christmas
White Christmas (song)
"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.Accounts vary as...
" and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer with a glowing red nose. He is popularly known as "Santa's 9th Reindeer" and, when depicted, is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through...
. Throughout his school years, he was an active participant in musical and theatrical productions including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...
, Oliver!
Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
and The Royal Hunt of the Sun
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
The Royal Hunt of the Sun is a 1964 play by Peter Shaffer that portrays the destruction of the Inca empire by conquistador Francisco Pizarro.-Premiere:...
. He came to public attention with the Southampton Operatic Society
Southampton Operatic Society
Southampton Operatic Society began life in 1924 as the Guild of the Above Bar Congregational Church and is the oldest musical society in the city.Miss Edith Ashdown, the daughter of a Southampton businessman and a member of the Above Bar Congregational Church, gathered her friends to perform a...
in the title role of Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
's The Mikado
The Mikado
The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations...
. With the amateur company he also sang The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera's official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences...
and Private Willis in Iolanthe
Iolanthe
Iolanthe; or, The Peer and the Peri is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy operas and is the seventh collaboration of the fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan....
. He returned to Cork with his parents and siblings in 1988. His brother Declan Wolfe is a presenter with Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
(RTÉ). Declan and Careen Wolfe run one of Cork's most successful drama schools. A second brother, Aaron Wolfe, is a writer whose works have been perfored in the Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House is a theatre and opera house in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. It was originally built in 1855, although its existence has not been continuous; having survived the burning of much of Cork by British forces in reprisal for an ambush of a military convoy in 1920 by Irish rebels,...
and the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
In Cork, Nyle met opera singer and impresario John O'Flynn through an advertisement in the Cork Examiner, headed "Sing and Get Paid for it!" Mr. O'Flynn was artistic director of the Irish Operatic Repertory Company. Nyle was engaged as a member of the chorus and the Young Singer programme, supported by Foras Áiseanna Saothair
Foras Áiseanna Saothair
An Foras Áiseanna Saothair , referred to in English as the Training and Employment Authority and commonly known as FÁS , is a state agency in Ireland with responsibility for assisting those seeking employment...
(FAS).
He made his professional debut at the Fir Grove Hotel in Mitchelstown, County Cork, singing the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
together with Irish soprano Cara O'Sullivan. His first appearance at Cork Opera House took place early in 1991 as a flunkey in The Student Prince
The Student Prince
The Student Prince is an operetta in four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play Alt Heidelberg. The piece has elements of melodrama but lacks the swashbuckling style common to Romberg's other works...
. Over the next 18 months, Nyle developed his vocal abilities under the careful tutelage of John O'Flynn before the FAS scheme ended. Over the following summer, Nyle worked as a Blue Coat
Charity school
A charity school, also called Blue Coat School, was significant in the History of education in England. They were erected and maintained in various parishes, by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants, for teaching poor children to read, write, and other necessary parts of education...
in Pontin's
Pontin's
Pontins is a British holiday business which was originally founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin. It specialises in offering half-board and self-catering holidays with regular entertainment on offer. Accommodation is usually in the form of chalets. The company once grew to be a major operator of...
Trabolgan Holiday Village where he was able to guest star with several of Ireland's leading performers of the time, including Joe Mac and Sonny Knowles
Sonny Knowles
Sonny Knowles is one of Ireland's most famous singers for six decades running.He was born in Dublin to Tommy and Mary Knowles. His singing is centered around showband and cabaret tunes. His early career began when he stumbled upon the clarinet and saxophone at the Dublin Music School...
. Nyle was approached by researchers from RTÉ, which led to his first television appearance on Gerry Ryan
Gerry Ryan
Gerard "Gerry" Ryan was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann...
's Secrets, singing "Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
".
Student years
A period of study at the Cork School of Music with veteran tenor John Carolan began in the autumn of 1992. Nyle won several prizes at Cork's Feis Maitiu including Male Solo and Music Theatre. His first part in Cork's Everyman Palace as the Mayor of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz was followed by his first major opera role as Pish Tush in the IORC production of The Mikado in Cork Opera House. Soon after began a long association with Shannon Heritage in BunrattyBunratty
Bunratty is a village in County Clare in the parish of Newmarket on Fergus, Ireland.-History:The first settlement in Bunratty was by Vikings in 970 AD. Bunratty had reached it peak in 1804 AD, with a thriving economy, expanding community, and the construction of much of the buildings and...
, Knappogue and Dunguaire Castles. He sang at the Rose of Tralee
Rose of Tralee (festival)
The Rose of Tralee festival is an international competition which is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world. The festival takes its inspiration from a nineteenth century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called The Rose of Tralee. The...
International Festival at the Dome to several million television viewers world wide. At the Rose Festival, he met Mr Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne
Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne is a veteran Irish presenter of radio and television. His most notable role was first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999...
. He later sang the role of The Pirate King in the live broadcast of The Pirates of Penzance on The Gay Byrne Show and songs from Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
and The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances , closing on 30 June 1891...
on The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...
. Thanks to financial support from Shannon Heritage, Nyle moved to Dublin to further his opera studies at the Leinster Opera Studio with Dr Veronica Dunne. During this time, he sang at the Galway Arts Festival
Galway Arts Festival
Galway Arts Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place each July in Galway, Ireland. It is Ireland’s leading arts festival and one of the most successful and influential arts enterprises in the country. The Festival is one of the key European arts festivals...
. He won opera solo, duet and music theatre competitions at the Centenary Feis Ceoil
Feis Ceoil
Feis Ceoil is an annual Irish cultural festival of music and dance. It was first organized in 1897 by Dr. Annie Patterson and Edward Martyn. It consisted of competitions for performance and composition and was supported by all musicians of the day, both national and classical...
and was invited to sing with Rathmines & Rathgar and Glasnevin Musical Societies. He sang the role of Morales in Bernadette Greevy
Bernadette Greevy
Bernadette Greevy was an Irish mezzo-soprano. She was founder and artistic director of the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival. She was the first artist-in-residence at the Dublin Institute of Technology's Faculty of Applied Arts.-Biography:Bernadette Greevy was born in Clontarf, Dublin...
's production of Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
in the National Concert Hall
National Concert Hall
The National Concert Hall is a concert hall located on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin, Ireland, close to St. Stephen's Green, and is the principal national venue for classical music concerts in Ireland....
and Second Armed Man in the then Dublin Grand Opera Society's production of The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
. He met and sang for former President Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate...
, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
and at the West Belfast Arts Festival, Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála for the constituency of Louth. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, the second largest political party in Northern...
. He also sang in many concerts and recitals for RTÉ programmes for producers Kevin Hough and Jane Carty.
Nyle completed two years postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music in 1998, where he graduated summa cum laude. During this time, he travelled to Ireland to sing, most notably La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
in Cork Opera House, La traviata
La traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
in the National Concert Hall and The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow is an operetta by the Austro–Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play,...
in University Concert Hall, Limerick. Performances in the UK included Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
in Cambridge and Albert Herring
Albert Herring
Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten.Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia...
and Le rossignol
The Nightingale (opera)
The Nightingale is a Russian conte lyrique in three acts by Igor Stravinsky. It is generally known by its French name...
in London, as well as concerts for Queen Elizabeth II, her family and members of the British Parliament. In competition, Nyle won the Mary Garden
Mary Garden
Mary Garden , was a Scottish operatic soprano with a substantial career in France and America in the first third of the 20th century...
International Singing Competition in Aberdeen, the 3FM Prize in the inaugural Veronica Dunne Singing Competition and was finalist in the Scottish Opera
Scottish Opera
Scottish Opera is the national opera company of Scotland, and one of the five national performing arts companies funded by the Scottish Government...
singing Competition.
Nyle was approached by Brian Dickie to sing Don Pedro in Béatrice et Bénédict
Béatrice et Bénédict
Béatrice et Bénédict is an opera in two acts by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the French libretto himself, based closely on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing....
in Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...
and Paris with European Opera. He returned to Dublin once more to sing in Salome
Salome (opera)
Salome is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann’s German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer....
and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is an opera in four acts by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Op.29. The libretto was written by Alexander Preis and the composer, and is based on the story Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov. The opera is sometimes referred to informally as Lady Macbeth...
with the newly renamed Opera Ireland. A year of final study followed in Switzerland at the Zurich Opera House where he sang Baculus in Der Wildschütz
Der Wildschütz
Der Wildschütz oder Die Stimme der Natur is a German Komische Oper, or comic opera, in three acts by Albert Lortzing from a libretto by the composer adapted from the comedy Der Rehbock, oder Die schuldlosen Schuldbewussten by August von Kotzebue...
.
2000 and beyond
In 2000, Nyle was engaged as principal lyric baritone at the Musiktheater im RevierMusiktheater im Revier
Musiktheater im Revier is the venue for performing opera, operetta, musical theatre and ballet in Gelsenkirchen, Germany...
, Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....
. In Gelsenkirchen, he sang hundreds of performances, highlights included Dandini in La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella...
, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore is an opera by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. It is a melodramma giocoso in two acts...
, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
, Figaro in The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
and in the German premiere of Roland Moser's Avatar. At the Ruhrtriennale
Ruhrtriennale
The Ruhrtriennale is an annual music and arts festival in the northwestern area of Germany which runs between mid-August and mid-October. It was founded in 2002 by the government of North Rhine-Westphalia with Gerard Mortier, the impresario and former artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, as...
Festival he sang the world premiere of Alexander Mullenbach
Alexander Mullenbach
Alexander Mullenbach is a Luxembourg pianist, composer and conductor. Since 2002, he has been director of the International Summer Academy at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.-Career:...
's Die Todesbrücke which was revived at the Théâtre National de Luxemburg. Nyle was also guest with other opera companies, including Opera Ireland for the Irish premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage is a prolific English composer of classical music. His initial musical studies were with Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and later with Gunther Schuller...
's The Silver Tassie and in Cologne in La finta giardiniera
La finta giardiniera
La finta giardiniera , K. 196, is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on January 13 at the Salvatortheater in Munich...
. Nyle was featured in American musical in productions of Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The original production starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang.Kiss...
, Crazy for You
Crazy for You
Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well...
and Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.-Life and career:He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason...
's The Life
The Life (musical)
The Life is a musical with a book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, and lyrics by Gasman.Based on an original idea by Gasman, the show explores the underbelly of Times Square's 42nd Street, inhabited by pimps and prostitutes, druggies and dealers, and runaways and street...
as well as popular repertoire with concerts of music associated with artists such as Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
, Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
and The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live...
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In November 2006, Nyle returned to Cork Opera House as Figaro in Rossini's Barber of Seville with Opera 2005, the production was nominated for a theatre award by The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
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During 2007, Nyle moved home to Ireland to concentrate on a new project. Together with his long time collaborator David Wray and Mark McCabe
Mark McCabe
Mark McCabe is a station manager, music producer and a radio DJ from Ireland. Mark has mixed the opening sequence for events such as the Special Olympics in 2003, the 2005 and 2007 Saint Patrick's Festivals Skyfest and released the second biggest-selling record in Ireland .During the 1990s, McCabe...
, they produced Nyle's first commercial solo recording, Moodswings. An Irish national tour followed. In 2008, Nyle will continue to tour with his band with concerts planned in Ireland at the National Concert Hall and America.