Nicholas Lester studied at Adelaide Conservatorium of Music and the National Opera Studio, London (sponsored by Glyndebourne Festival Opera).
Recent and forthcoming roles include: Orphée by Philip Glass, Marcello La Bohème, Cascada The Merry Widow, (English National Opera); Eugene Onegin, Figaro The Barber of Seville (Welsh National Opera); Chou En Lai Nixon in China, Germano La Scala di Seta, Josef K The Trial by Philip Glass, Malatesta Don Pasquale, Ping Turandot (Scottish Opera); Guglielmo Così Fan Tutte, Dandini La Cenerentola, Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Holland Park); Lescaut Manon Lescaut, Ford Falstaff (Grange Festiva); Marcello La Bohème (New Zealand Opera, State Opera of South Australia and Danish National Opera). For The Opera Story: DaddyBearPig Goldilocks and The Three Little Pigs, Marco Pandora’s Box.