Baritone Nathan Keoughan is a rising star to watch, praised for his “booming, rich voice”, and “charismatic, frightening, and empathetic” performances (Broadway World). This past season, Nathan made his Canadian Opera Company mainstage debut as Karl Gustav in Bilodeau’s La reine-garçon.

Recently, Nathan performed Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Grand Philharmonic Choir, made his role debuts as Escamillo for Vancouver Opera’s Carmen and Danilo for Toronto Operetta Theatre’s Merry Widow, and joined Chorus Niagara for Bernstein’s Mass. Upcoming, he looks forward to several recording projects, including with Canadian Art Song Project, and returning to the Canadian Opera Company for various assignments in their upcoming season.

An alumnus of Opéra de Montréal’s prestigious Atelier Lyrique, he recently returned to the company for several cover assignments, including Conte di Luna in Verdi’s Il trovatore, and the world premiere of Bilodeau’s La reine-garçon, covering the role of Karl Gustav. Other recent career highlights include the Canadian premiere of Braunfels’ Die Vögel with Pacific Opera Victoria, and two-dozen performances with Sound the Alarm for their Canadian tour of Music of the Night: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, which he reprises this fall.

Nathan had his operatic start as an emerging artist in Calgary Opera’s McPhee Young Artist Program, before his residency with Opéra de Montréal. While with the latter, Nathan was given the opportunity to cover the role of Pink in Opéra de Montréal’s new creation Another Brick in the Wall based on the iconic Pink Floyd album, The Wall. The following year, Nathan made his American debut with Cincinnati Opera as the jaded rockstar to critical acclaim, praised for his “commanding presence in this marathon leading role, singing for nearly the opera’s duration” (Bachtrack). In 2019, he reprised the role in Toronto at the Meridian Hall.

Other opera performance highlights include: Leo Stein in Twenty-Seven with l’Atelier lyrique (Montréal), Paris in Roméo et Juliette and Sciarrone in Tosca with l’Opéra de Montréal, and Silvio in Pagliacci with Semaine Italienne Festival. Born into a musical family on Prince Edward Island, the young baritone studied voice at University of Prince Edward Island before joining the New England Conservatory in Boston.

September 2025
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