Welcome!
I'm Nicole Warner and I'm a classically trained mezzo-soprano. I'm an active soloist and small ensemble singer and I've sung everything from Bach's b minor Mass to Mozart's Requiem and from house concerts to funerals.
As a German speaker, you might have guessed I love to sing in German.
Yes, I also coach German diction for soloists and choirs. Click on "Contact me" to find send me details on your project.
Let's get to some fun facts.
By the number--fun facts about my singing career
Here You Can Read, Listen and Watch:
This website is the hub of information for my singing and where you'll find all the information. Check out the tiles below, visit the other pages on this site, and be sure to listen in the media room.
Thanks for visiting and enjoy!
Read the Calendar
See what my upcoming performances are and find out where to buy tickets to attend the concerts.
Read my blog "Open Intervals"
Read blog posts about my singing adventures, what it means to be a creative professional, and a few fun stories from along the way.
Dive into the Media Room
In the Media Room you can watch videos, listen to recordings, and find recordings to purchase. I recommend starting with the Bach.
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“Baritone Sundberg and mezzo-soprano Warner brought focused, warm sounds and musical depth to their interpretations of the vocal solos.”
Elaine Schmidt,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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“Your voice is like molten honey!”
Jack Young
Assistant Conductor of the Chippewa Valley Symphony
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“Es ist Vollbracht was so moving, I had tears in my eyes, your rendering of the words and text and emotion was so honest and heart wrenching.
...it was a wonderful spiritual experience to hear your perform those two arias.”
Robert Murphy
Music Director at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, North St. Paul, MN
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“When you sing, every note is a prayer.”
Padre
Basilica de Guadalupe in Mercedes (Argentina)
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“Yang blended voices with Nicole Warner, as her companion, Ursule, in a delicate nocturne, „Nuit plaisible et sereine,“ kin to the exquisite „Nuit d’ivresse“ in „Les Troyens.“”
Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Theaterscene.net
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“Jung-A Lee, Nicole Warner and Jennifer O’Laughlin pertly headed the distaff contingent.”
Bill Zakariasen
The Westsider
Recent Posts from my Blog "Open Intervals"
Here are the three most recent blog posts and you can read all of them by clicking "blog" at the top of this page.
Let's Wake This Up.
Last week I took one of my lovely colleagues out for lunch, as I've decided to start singing again. We hashed through loads of things, like agents, current pay (very important), information on new ensembles, and even a Jungian psychoanalyst and her view of der Erlkönig.
We also talked shortly about gowns. I'm not gonna lie, it's one of my favorite parts of singing--dressing up in a gorgeous gown, picking it out because it has exactly the color I like, and because sometimes a hot pink dress make…
Bach's family were underpaid musicians, too.
Recently I started reading John Eliot Gardiner's Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven. I've had it for years and am happy to have finally taken it off the shelf.
There is a long section on Bach's family of musicians, and by that I mean the men who were actually written about, the ones who got to go out and work, and were then considered professionals.
And they were terribly, horribly underpaid.
A couple of days ago I caught up with a singing friend who also bemoans how low his singing pay has …
Possibilities (Podcast)
Earlier this year I took the Akimbo Podcast Workshop (definitely recommend if you have never podcasted and don't know where to start) and started a podcast for my German business.
One of the best parts of taking a workshop like that one is connecting with other people who are learning to podcast or have started podcasting and they come back to support the first-time learners.
Then sometimes you get asked to be on another podcast!
Craig Constantine asked, so we recorded this podcast yesterday,…
Would you like to keep in touch?
About once a month I send out an email with singing updates, funny anecdotes from rehearsals on the brink, links to the latest blog posts.
The newsletter is called "Nicole's Notes," pun intended.