Timothy Nolen was an American actor and baritone who had an active career in operas, musicals, concerts, plays, and on television for over four decades.
17 Facts About Timothy Nolen
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Timothy Nolen was the second actor to play the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway replacing Michael Crawford in October 1988.
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Timothy Nolen was born in Rotan, Texas, and began his career appearing in small supporting roles with opera companies in the United States during the 1960s.
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Timothy Nolen made his debut at the San Francisco Opera as the Officer in the United States premiere of Darius Milhaud's Christophe Colomb on October 5,1968.
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Timothy Nolen appeared in several supporting roles with the company through 1973, including Gregorio in Romeo et Juliette, Marullo in Rigoletto, Montano in Otello, Morales in Carmen, Ned Keene in Peter Grimes, Schaunard in La Boheme, Sciarrone in Tosca, and the Wigmaker in Ariadne auf Naxos among others.
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Timothy Nolen then portrayed leading roles at the SFO like Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Dr Malatesta in Don Pasquale, and Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus.
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Timothy Nolen portrayed the title role in the first operatic presentations of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Houston Grand Opera and New York City Opera in 1984.
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Timothy Nolen made his Broadway debut in 1985 as Doyle in the original production of Larry Grossman's Grind; a portrayal for which he received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination.
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Timothy Nolen was the second actor to portray the role on Broadway since he took it over from the original star Michael Crawford.
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Timothy Nolen left the production in March 1989 being replaced by operatic tenor and fellow Sweeney Todd and Phantom star Cris Groenendaal.
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Timothy Nolen reprised the title role in Sweeney Todd at Chicago's Marriott Theatre in 1993, receiving a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for his portrayal.
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Timothy Nolen has since played Sweeney Todd in numerous productions, including at the Goodspeed Opera House.
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Timothy Nolen played the Comte de Guiche in Cyrano: The Musical on Broadway and later took over the role of Cyrano.
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In 2001, Timothy Nolen performed the role of Judge Turpin in a concert version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street with the New York Philharmonic.
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Timothy Nolen reprised the role later that year in a production at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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Timothy Nolen made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on October 1,1996 as Krusina in Bedrich Smetana's The Bartered Bride under the baton of James Levine.
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Timothy Nolen has since returned to that house as Baron Zeta in The Merry Widow and the One-Eyed Man in Die Frau ohne Schatten.